Friends With Benefits (Blu-ray) Justin Timberlake Mila Kunis Patricia Clarkson

At a time when mainstream comedy has been overtaken by rambling pleasingly sloppy Judd Apatow-type improv-fests director Will Gluck has been quietly doing his part to remind folks that sticking to the script and having a destination in mind can be fun too. Much like his earlier Easy A Friends with Benefits is a clever just-this-side-of-painfully-hip relationship comedy that knows when to linger over a punch line and when not to break stride. A few minor speed bumps aside (filmmakers: can we can it with the musical montages already?) it goes down extremely easy. The story in a nutshell: frustrated by the lack of viable dating options in their vicinity two platonic friends (Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake) decide to embark on a casual no-strings-attached physical relationship. However as a briefly glimpsed clip from Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice foreshadows things don't stay simple for very long. As opposed to the standard PG-13 rom com things get surprisingly raunchy here but organically s