If you’re wondering what to see in theaters this week, consider “No Strings Attached.”Ashton Kutcher again succeeds in making a funny, quirky romance with co-star Natalie Portman. The film tells the story of two emotionally inept people who are not good at being in relationships and only want the physical benefits of romantic relationships.

To make things intense, they happen to tag along for each other’s life tragedies and happen to be great friends. So this leaves the question: Will their love pan out when their emotions get intense and they start to have deeper feelings for each other?

Only in this day could a comedy make you laugh and think that something like this could actually happen. I’ll also give a nod to Ludicrus, who is really rocking the supporting actor role.

I think that the quirky friends of the characters proved interestingly fun, too. It’s something that’s not too serious but altogether a journey through modern day love.

In the film, Adam (Kutcher) and Emma (Portman) are life-long friends who are always there for each other.

However, they almost ruin it by having sex one day. At this point, they decide to make a deal to only sleep together while not getting into a romantic relationship with each other.

I enjoyed the movie for many reasons.

For one thing, it’s a good quality comedy. The whole film seemed to flow through the hilarious situations as well as a very animated cast. The cast had quirky characters that seemed to make the most out of every negative situation; mainly by getting with the other cast members or making fun of Adam and Emma.

Speaking of older men, Kevin Kline plays a dad searching for the fountain of youth via younger women. He is his own comedy of sorts in this film.

“No Strings Attached” is a situational comedy. At one point, you find that Emma’s roommates are making Kutcher believe that he slept with them.

Another scenario involves a friend of Emma’s who is on the verge of a break-up, and reveals that she has been seeing other people all along the way, which provides irony.

I think what really appealed to me is the irony of them needing each other and them fighting against that progress stubbornly. In a society that seems “non-committal” this movie responds and says, “Why not?”

As a young romantic comedy goer, I feel this movie appeals to our need for romance and want for belonging. We don’t say we have all the answers, but we’re up for anything. It leaves you wondering, “How’s what you’re doing working for you?”

I’ve always been a very independent person, but I find truth in that there is meaning to being in a relationship. It gives me hope to think that people can love one another through their desperate and fragile circumstances.

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