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''Just Friends'' is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, starring Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/AmySmart and Creator/AnnaFaris.

Chris (Reynolds), an obese and good-hearted teenager is humiliated when his unrequited love for his best friend, the beautiful cheerleader Jamie (Smart), is publicly exposed. A decade later, the now-adult Chris is a fit, handsome and slick ladykiller and successful record producer in Los Angeles who is forced by his boss to escort lunatic pop diva Samantha James (Faris) to Paris. When Samantha accidentally causes the plane to catch fire, they are forced to land in Chris's hometown where he soon re-encounters Jamie...

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!!This movie contains examples of:

* AllMenArePerverts: Almost all the men talk about is intimacy. Almost every character motivation is sex driven. Mike's whole character is wanting sex from Samantha.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Jaime, downplayed and Samantha, exaggerated.
* AmusingInjuries
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Chris's teenage brother Mike.
* BelligerentSexualTension
** Between Chris and Jaime and between Samantha and Mike. Chaos tends to prevent anything from happening.
* BigDamnKiss
** Both aforementioned couples experience one; the built up tension between Mike and Samantha is resolved via vehement snog while Chris and Jaime have a more gentle, romantic kiss at the end.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Dusty Dinkleman]].
* BrickJoke: "Hello, Joyce?"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Samantha and Chris's mother. The latter is merely a bit spacey while the former is near psychotic.
* CoversAlwaysLie: While the main plot ''does'' feature a LoveTriangle, Creator/AnnaFaris's character is not part of it - she has a thing for Chris but he is never even slightly attracted to her (at least not since they broke up after briefly dating a while back during the time skip after Chris left home)
* DeadpanSnarker: Chris. Well, he is being played by Creator/RyanReynolds.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Subverted; while the abuse is played for laughs, its made clear that this is just not ''healthy'' behaviour, and Chris calls Samantha out on her abusive antics when he finally decides to stop pretending to like her for his job. It's this realization that also makes him realize his ''[[HeelRealization own]]'' [[EntitledToHaveYou sexist actions concerning Jamie]].
* DumbBlonde: Samantha in contrast to the intelligent, grounded Jamie.
* EntitledToHaveYou: At times, Chris acts this way; part of Chris' CharacterDevelopment is realizing that this is ''not'' how he should act towards Jamie.
** [[spoiler:Dusty; as she never reciprocated his feelings during High School, he feels it's completely justified to use Jamie for sex now as 'revenge', and even mistakes Chris, who ''is'' legitimately attracted to her, for doing the same. He even has the audacity to use the song he 'wrote for her' (in actuality, a song he wrote that he uses on every girl, merely changing the name to compliment them) as a way to ''guilt trip'' her into dating him.]]
* FirstKiss: Chris and Jaime, Samantha and Darla, Samantha and Mike.
* FormerlyFat: The film's prologue shows that Chris was fat in high school and loses the weight during the TimeSkip to the present day.
* GroinAttack: Repeatedly - Chris by an oxygen tank in the ambulance; Mr. Palomino (Jamie's dad) by a falling reindeer from his Christmas display; Chris by Samantha and her ''tazer gun''.
* HappyEndingMassage: Subverted; Mike massages Samantha's nude back but Chris interrupts the moment.
* HopelessSuitor: Chris was this Jamie in high school.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Mike manages to shoot Samantha [[PainToTheAss in the ass]] with her own Tazer gun.
* JerkJock: Tim. Ten years after high school, he's seen hanging around the bar, [[JadedWashout balding and still wearing his letter jacket]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chris. Though the 'Heart of Gold' part might not be so obvious at first. To be fair, the jerk part is basically a defense mechanism after Jamie rejects him at the beginning of the film.
* JustFriends: It's the title and premise. An entire hour-and-a-half movie dedicated to this trope and the hopes of the main protagonist subverting it.
* LastNoteNightmare: the full version of the "Forgiveness" song ends with the sound of whooshing, clock bells tolling and Anna Faris repeating the word "Time" over and over in a distorted voice. Heard at the end of the credits.
* LustObject: Many characters are this to each other: Jaime for Dusty and Chris, Chris for Samantha and Jaime and Samantha for Mike.
* AManIsAlwaysEager: Chris and Mike. Regardless of what situation they're in with their crush, sex is their motivation.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Samantha towards Chris. She tasers him [[GroinAttack in the groin]] when he tries to reject her.
* PostKissCatatonia: Mike after his kiss with Samantha.
* ThePrimaDonna: Samantha.
* RevengeOfTheNerd: Chris has this attitude to Jamie at times. [[spoiler: Dusty has this as his plan all along.]]
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: A rare case where the good[[JerkWithAheartOfGold (ish)]] guy is the rich suitor.
* RuleOfFunny: Chris wedgied his brother so hard that he tore his underpants ''completely'' off.
* SiblingRivalry: Chris and Mike's squabblings are most of the film's highlights.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Definitely Samantha.
* SweetAndSourGrapes: Chris decides to give up his EntitledToHaveYou attitude with Jamie, and is willing to just be her friend. [[spoiler: She turns out to be in love with him, anyway.]]
* ThickerThanWater: Subverted; Mike's [[PlayedForLaughs hilarious]] betrayal of Chris to Samantha
* TeensAreMonsters: Virtually Chris' whole class including Jaime. Downplayed somewhat with Mike.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Chris to Jamie.
* {{Yandere}}: Samantha.
* YouFightLikeACow: Chris taunts Jamie that she slaps like a cheerleader. She punches him out.
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