Friends with Benefits follows the generic rom-com formula to a tee: two characters, Dylan (Justin Timberlake) and Jamie (Mila Kunis), fall in love despite agreeing to keep their relationship strictly physical (hence the title). Obstacles are hit, fights are fought, and just when you think things couldn't get any worse for the two, some cheesy reconciliation is achieved, through a flash mob no less. There is even the supporting character; Dylan's father, an Alzheimer's victim, provides the predictable, but crucial speech, delivered coincidentally during a just long enough lucid period, to give Dylan the push needed to see the error of his ways and to chase after the love of his life before it's too late.
It's hard to keep movies like these from getting too repetitive and bland, but director Will Gluck makes it work with excellent direction and witty dialogue. And to be honest, it's hard not to like this movie when Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake are delivering the lines--their likability is too hard to resist.
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