"Friends with Benefits" review

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake hit all the comedic high notes in this summer's R-rated romantic comedy, Friends with Benefits.

Jamie (Kunis) -- a corporate headhunter -- and Dylan (Timberlake) become fast friends after she convinces him to take the job as artistic director for GQ in New York City. Neither one of them is good in relationships -- she's emotionally damaged, he's emotionally unavailable -- but they both really like sex, so after an alcohol filled night of watching romantic comedies they decide that they're going to be friends who have sex with each other.

Ground rules are firmly established to prevent them from developing feelings for each other -- because that always works so well. Soon, they're shagging morning, noon and night, but things get complicated when Dylan takes Jamie home to L.A. to spend a weekend with his family.

There's a fight, another fight, and -- just when you think they're going to solve things -- another fight. But eventually Dylan makes the grand romantic gesture and the two get together.

Friends with Benefits was a lot of fun to watch for a number of reasons. For starters, I'm a big fan of the R-rated romantic comedy movement happening. It moves the whole genre into a more adult -- and consequently realistic -- zone. It's easier to believe the characters are real people when their conversations are vulgar and unpolished.

FWB's cast does an excellent job of bringing together a hilarious script. Kunis and Timberlake have great chemistry, and it's easy to believe they're really good friends. Woody Harrelson makes a brilliant showing as Tommy, Dylan's gay coworker, and Richard Jenkins is great as Dylan's father who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. Shaun White even makes an appearance as a bizzaro version of himself.

The movie has a lot of really funny moments. From an R-rated urination sequence -- I know it sounds weird, but trust me -- to something as simple Dylan trying to do math in his head, the laughs keep rolling for the entire movie.

I know a lot of people thought Friends with Benefits was going to be exactly like No Strings Attached -- the January romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. I haven't seen No Strings Attached, but there's no way a d-bag like Ashton Kutcher could make a movie as funny as FWB. Even if you like No Strings Attached, Friends with Benefits is hilarious.

In a summer dominated by brilliant R-rated comedies -- Bridesmaids and Horrible Bosses among them -- Friends with Benefits' holds its own thanks to its hilarious cast and script. This is definitely a romantic comedy worthy of your time and money.

7.5 of 10