While watching TV in a haze of heat stroke and post-4th-of-July intoxication for life/America, I came across a commercial for a new film called “Friends with Benefits.” From what I can tell, it’s basically the movie “No Strings Attached,” with Natalie Portman played by her “black swan” understudy and Ashton Kutcher swapped for another ex-teen-hearthrob/cougar chaser. Plus Woody Harrelson! I went to IMBD to compare:
“No Strings Attached”
Plot, according to IMBD: “A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it’s not long before they learn that they want something more.”
Starring: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher
Working titles:
“Friends with Benefits” (yeah)
“Fuckbuddies”
IMDB International Titles, Translated:
“Sex without Compromise” – Brazil/Portugal
“Friends with Benefits” – Argentina/Peru
“Friendship Plus” – Germany
“Sex Friends” – France
“Sex Story” – Poland
“Without Compromise” – Spain
“Friends with Benefits”
Plot, according to IMDB: “While trying to avoid the clichés of Hollywood romantic comedies, Dylan (Timberlake) and Jamie (Kunis) soon discover however that adding the act of sex to their friendship does lead to complications.”
Starring: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake
IMDB International Titles, Translated:
“Friends with Benefits – Instructions for Use” – Italy
“Friends with Benefits” – Portugal (lit. “Colored Friends,” which on Facebook is the Portuguese equivalent of “it’s complicated”)
“Sex Between Friends” – France
“Friends with Benefits” – (lit. “Friends with The Right to Touch”) – Spain
So which one wins?
Personally, I’m rooting for “Friends with Benefits.” I can’t wait to “discover however” just what happens when someone goes about “adding the act of sex to their friendship.” Will someone end up stabbing themselves with glass and pirouetting into death?
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