Friends With Benefits

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Friends With Benefits

R

2011

1h 49m

Romance

Comedy

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Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.

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Critics Consensus

Friends with Benefits adds nothing new to its well-worn rom-com formula, but the chemistry between Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis is almost enough to carry the movie by itself.

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Sara Reihani

Bitch Media

Jan 8, 2021

The plot is really just a rickety frame on which to hang cultural references. My God, the cultural references. Flash mobs! Street art! Smart phones! '90s nostalgia! Guerrilla advertising! iPads! Sexting!

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 8, 2017

D+

These types of movies are going to keep coming out and there's just nothing we can do do about it.

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Leah Rozen

TheWrap

Oct 7, 2011

Anyone who has ever seen a romantic comedy before knows where this one is going.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Oct 13, 2024

4/5

It qualifies very well as that crowd-pleasing romantic comedy audiences love and brings the "layers" that puts it near the greats in its genre.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Sep 5, 2023

3.5/5

A mix of Before Sunrise, Down With Love and The Holiday, Friends With Benefits seeks to skewer Hollywood tropes of the genre as well as homaging classics of the past.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Feb 28, 2022

Friends with Benefits brings nothing new to the romantic comedy genre but it's so much fun watching Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.

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Alfred Junior Karabo T

@Lfr3d-junior-k4r4bo 5 days ago

A funny movie, but the thing is, the ending was expected like a typical romcom but it was funny on the comedy side

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 16, 2026

Friends with Benefits = a *3.5* star Movie!

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Holly G.

@hollygibbard_ Apr 9, 2026

Great romantic comedy

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Gabrielle T.

@gabbyreviews Feb 15, 2026

Went into this film with very low expectations. I am usually fairly skeptical with more modern films, and rom-coms usually are either too cheesy and boring or too sexual but this film had a great balance of both. It felt believable, and the acting was amazing. I love films about realistic people and it delivered.

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Thyaagu C

@Thyaagu Jan 30, 2026

Way funnier and sharper than I expected, with charm that hooks you right in.

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Sam X

@Sam2316 Jan 26, 2026

Leans too heavily on the concept. Predictable storyline and flat character development. Acting was pretty mediocre.

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Will Gluck

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Dylan

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Patricia Clarkson

Lorna

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Annie

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Parker

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Synopsis

Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.

Director: Will Gluck
Producer: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Jerry Zucker, Janet Zucker, Will Gluck
Screenwriter: Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Castle Rock Entertainment, Zucker Productions, Olive Bridge Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.8M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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