At least Portman is playing someone who is recognizably human, unlike her dancer in Black Swan. full review

The charismatic leads keep this watchable, but it's a waste of their talents. full review

No Strings Attached is so palpably calculated that you know if the camera had pulled back a foot from the bed in which Portman and Kutcher were pretending to have sex, you'd have seen their agents standing by beaming: proud parents, proud pimps. full review

One of the better romantic comedies in the last couple of years. full review

A lot of sharp lines from screenwriter Elizabeth Meriwether and a strong supporting cast are often enough to make that premise pleasant if not exactly shocking. full review

It's not that the leads aren't affable. They are. It's not that they aren't nice to look at. They are. (Although the cinematography makes them look sort of blotchy.) It's just hard to care if they hook up after they, well, hook up. full review

The picture is no great shakes as cinema, and a shade too cute for its own good. Still, it's a mild shock to see a competent film released in the January trough. full review

No matter how sweet and good-looking and likeable they may be, the bottom line remains: You know what's going to happen from the very beginning. full review

"No Strings Attached" is the first fun date movie of the year. The first fun movie, actually. full review

The movie quickly sinks into a terminal case of the cutes and extreme predictability - amid the usual surfeit of wacky supporting characters. full review

There are humorous moments, and it's a bit less bland than its contemporaries. full review

Sadly, an obsession with raunchy one-liners trips everything up, turning a clever conceit into something closer to a sleazy, cheesy affair. full review

It takes a gimmicky premise, about two people who try to have a purely sexual relationship, and then fulfills it without distorting or bending the characters around a formula. full review

You can see where No Strings Attached is heading before it gets there, but it's still a pleasant enough and surprisingly romantic ride. full review

After the heavy dramatic lifting of Black Swan, you can't fault Oscar favorite Natalie Portman for signing up for some romcom R&R. It's too bad she couldn't have landed a less generic vehicle than No Strings Attached. full review

What elevates No Strings Attached above the average (usually awful) romantic comedy is a decent script, the sure hand of veteran director Ivan Reitman and the likeable performances of stars Portman and Kutcher. full review

It's a smart, sexy romcom that turns the neat trick of staying sweetly human. full review

Portman will get past this speed bump with well-earned swiftness. The affable Kutcher, however, seems stuck in a cycle of depressingly empty comedies. full review

Kutcher and Portman have terrific screen physics, using their 12-inch height difference to considerable slapstick effect. full review

It doesn't hurt that Portman and Kutcher really are sexy together. full review