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Friends with Benefits (2011)

★ 6.6 · 8,364 ratings on TMDB

Some friends come with a happy ending.

Friends with Benefits poster★ 6.6

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.

DirectorWill Gluck
CastAndy Samberg, Bryan Greenberg, Jenna Elfman, Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Nolan Gould
GenresComedy, Romance
The emergence reading

Friends with Benefits keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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