Friends with Benefits is ideally a romantic comedy, this is shown to the audience as in the title sequence we see as what is portrayed to be a couple arguing as the male is late to meet him girlfriend in New York city. It’s shortly revealed that they are not in fact a couple together yet two separate couple who are meeting and both boyfriends were late. The main characters are Mila Kunis who is a stereotypical young women and Justin Timberlake who is also a stereotypical young man, there is no general gender preference showing that the movie is aimed at both sexes. The fact that both couple are arguing and furthermore both breaking up, initially sets a sympathetic mood yet this is quickly changed as both are acted in a comical way leading the audience to find it amusing rather than upsetting. This is also contrasts the scene being New York as it is often a city related with love and couple which is no longer the case. Also the joyful and upbeat music contrasts the fact that the couples are breaking up, continuing the happy emotions within the viewer. The lyrics played after both couples have officially breaking up say ‘I don’t believe in the power of love’ emphasising the fact that despite the recent events the movie is still a romance. The font used for the credits is slightly quirky yet bold capitals this suggest that it is a comedy and despite being in capitals still it appears informal.
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