Day 189: "So...my daughter is just your slam piece?"

I was really hoping that Friends With Benefits was going to be at least marginally better than No Strings Attached.  I was wrong, really wrong.  It was leaps and bounds better.  I was in shock, although I probably shouldn't have been.  Directed by Will Gluck, the same guy who brought audiences the just as surprisingly good, 80's throwback comedy Easy A.  The story revolves around a New York based headhunter who recruits an L.A. art director to uproot and move to the east coast.  The two become good friends then decide to attempt the impossible: becoming Friends With Benefits.  It works for a while, then the usual nightmares of emotional attachments jump in.  I have to say, this is one of the better movies in dealing with the whole sex without commitment thing.  It is alternately fall-off-the-couch funny, then painfully accurate, then it just takes stab after stab at the Hollywood conventions surrounding couples movies.

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake star as the confused couple, playing off each other wonderfully.  Both of them get better with every role they play.  Woody Harrelson plays the sports director for GQ, the magazine that Timberlake's character now works for.  The guys steals every scene he's in.

I have to say I liked this movie quite a bit.  The on-screen chemistry between all of the characters, the clever script, and the pot-shots at the romantic comedy genre in general make this movie a good waste of an hour and change.  Give it a shot.  7/10.

See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!