Directed by Ivan Reitman; starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline and Greta Gerwig

“After the intensity of Black Swan, it’s sort of jarring to see Portman in something as vapid and and inconsequential as this. Kutcher? It’s not quite so jarring.” Stephen Silver, The Trend

“Portman will get past this speed bump with well-earned swiftness. The affable Kutcher, however, seems stuck in a cycle of depressingly empty comedies.” Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

“Sadly, an obsession with raunchy one-liners trips everything up, turning a clever conceit into something closer to a sleazy, cheesy affair.” Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

“Remember the Seinfeld episode in which Jerry and Elaine try to become friends with benefits, and set up unsustainable ground rules for their new arrangement? Imagine it rewritten by the Romantic Comeditron 2000 as a profanity-laced schmaltzfest, and you’ve got this tone-deaf dud.” Nick Schager, Time Out New York

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