Since I walked out of the theater showing No Strings Attached, I have strongly considered writing an open letter to the writers of these rom-coms. But I am pretty sure it won't make much of a difference, and the truth is I am not sure if I want these terribly awful films to be changed. No Strings Attached is one of those movies that makes me whine about it being "soooo typical" and wishing for "a new twist." But are there new twists? When it comes right down to it, we all know how this ends, and no girl (or guy) will pay to see a movie starring Ashton Kutcher where we don't get the happy ending. So I sit here, torn. How do I really feel about No Strings Attached? I have no idea.
This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2011.