Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Friends with Benefits was released six months after No Strings Attached (January 2011), which has an almost identical premise (friends become casual sex partners). No Strings Attached starred Natalie Portman (who was originally cast in Friends with Benefits ) and Ashton Kutcher. Critics often compared the two films, with many giving a slight edge to Friends with Benefits for its sharper dialogue and more believable chemistry between the leads. Home media The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 2, 2011.

Here is the content from the Wikipedia page for the 2011 romantic comedy Friends with Benefits , directed by Will Gluck and starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Will Gluck, written by Gluck, Keith Merryman, and David A. Newman, and produced by Gluck, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, and Jerry Zucker. The film stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, with Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone (cameo), Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, and Richard Jenkins in supporting roles. Plot Jamie Rellis (Mila Kunis) is a New York-based corporate headhunter who recruits Dylan Harper (Justin Timberlake), a Los Angeles-based art director for GQ magazine, to be the art director for GQ 's New York office. After Dylan moves to New York, he finds the city and his new job stressful. He and Jamie become close friends. Following a mutual bad breakup (Dylan with his ex-girlfriend and Jamie with her ex-boyfriend), they decide to add a "friends with benefits" sexual relationship without any romantic commitment.

They establish ground rules: no jealousy, no sleepovers, no surprises, and no relationship "BS." Initially, it works well, but complications arise when Dylan's father (Richard Jenkins), who has early-onset Alzheimer's, visits New York, and Jamie spends Thanksgiving with Dylan's family in Los Angeles. During the trip, Jamie realizes she has developed feelings for Dylan, but he admits he does not feel the same way. Heartbroken, she returns to New York.