OK, the high-concept storyline summed up in the title isn't the most original, but as a rom-com, it at least has some smart com to go with the rom. Just what happens in scenes of Friends With Benefits , in fact. There's a cheeky bit of misdirection β and a couple of cameo appearances β in the opening scene, as successful blogger Dylan Harper Justin Timberlake and headhunter Jamie Rellis Mila Kunis break up.
Though not with each other. Passing fans of Mayer , thinking they'd stumbled across a secret gig, were miffed to find the illuminated marquee was nothing more than a bit of Movieland set dressing.
Paths are set to cross as Dylan responds to a job offer from Jamie and is soon winging his way across the continent to the East Coast. The 'Newark Airport' scene, with Jamie somehow ending up stuck on the the luggage carousel, was filmed in the Tom Bradley Terminal of Los Angeles International Airport LAX β as was the later scene of Dylan and his trouserless father at the airport cafe. We're soon in the real Big Apple, but the trickery hasn't quite stopped. Never mind β Isamu Noguchi 's stainless steel bas relief sculpture, News , looks stunning.
With the job in the bag, Jamie takes the naive West Coaster off to Brooklyn for a celebratory drink at a mysterious alfresco bar on the Fulton Ferry Pier , beneath the Brooklyn Bridge , where Dylan has a strange contretemps with snowboarder Shaun White. Jamie is soon taking Dylan up to her special rooftop, to show him stunning, non- Seinfield views of the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings. The quirky, angular shape instantly reveals this to be the roof of Park Avenue β more usually seen from ground level in movies such as The Avengers and Gremlins 2.
Don't try to follow the pair. Apart from the trespassing issue, the 'secret' entrance through which the pair sneak to reach the roof was filmed in downtown Los Angeles. It's all going well for Dylan, who is set up in a swanky new apartment at West Broadway , between White Street and Franklin Street.
