Directed with reclaimed exuberance by Ivan Reitman (2006's " My Super Ex-Girlfriend "), who hasn't made something this good in nearly twenty years, the film, like 2010's underappreciated " Going the Distance ," is an all-too-rare R-rated romantic comedy that uses its rating not as an excuse to be needlessly raunchy, but instead to simply be honest and forthright about its characters and subject matter.
After the travesty of "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" I thought Ivan Reitman ("Ghostbusters") had made the worst film of his career.
This romantic comedy from Ivan Reitman — the first film he's directed since the less-than-super "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" from 2006 — falls into all the usual traps.
No Strings marks the first movie to be directed by Ivan Reitman (father of Jason) since 2006’s My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
It's also nice to see director Ivan Reitman try something besides grasping for Ghostbusters straws, as with Evolution and My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
This is the clever scenario created by Elizabeth Meriwether in her debut screenplay directed by Hollywood legend Ivan Reitman ("Ghost Busters" and "My Super Ex-Girlfriend").