Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits

Some friends come with a happy ending.

Directed by Will Gluck

Produced by Castle Rock Entertainment, Olive Bridge Entertainment

2011109 min6.6 / 10

A witty romantic comedy that playfully deconstructs rom-com tropes while two emotionally guarded friends discover that casual arrangement and genuine connection are harder to keep separate than they thought.

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Friends with Benefits one of a kind? No. Less singular than 98% of films.

  • Is Friends with Benefits violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Friends with Benefits easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 90% of films.

  • Is Friends with Benefits scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Does Friends with Benefits end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Friends with Benefits sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Surprise58

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Love50

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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