Review of No Hard Feelings (2023) by Moviemitch96 — 28 Jun 2023
An Uber driver (Jennifer Lawrence) has her car repossessed after failing to make her payments on it. This puts her at risk of being unable to afford paying the rent for her house. Fortunately, she happens to stumble upon a posting on Craigslist for a car for sale.
.. With a bit of a catch. Two wealthy parents (Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick) are looking for a girl to help their shy and introverted college-bound son come out of his shell, and possibly even sexually awaken him.
They promise her a car in exchange for this service, and Lawrence is more than up for the task. First off, the biggest draw of this film for me was J-Law starring in a raunchy comedy. It's becoming increasingly rare these days to see raunchy sex comedies in the same vein as 'Superbad', 'Knocked Up', 'The 40 Year Old Virgin', 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', etc.
being made anymore, so the fact that Lawrence was willing to flex her comedic chops in a film like this greatly intrigued me. Besides being a great actress, her comedic timing is quite impeccable, and I'm not even talking about when she's acting.
Anyone who's seen her in casual conversation or an interviews knows what I'm talking about when I say she has one of the driest senses of humor around in Hollywood. She's crude, blunt, to the point, and that trademark personality of hers shines through in virtually every scene in this film as well, making her easily the film's strongest aspect.
Storywise, it's pretty formulaic and generic as far as the raunchy sex-com tropes are concerned. The jokes are usually pretty hit or miss, but a lot of it is surprisingly pretty cringey too. The movie has its fair share of plenty of awkward moments (it is right there in the tagline of the poster after all.
) Besides Lawrence of course, Andrew Barth Feldman as the shy teen Lawrence is tasked with seducing holds his own against her surprisingly well, balancing comedy with a handful of genuinely heartfelt moments with the actress.
Benanti and Broderick as his overbearing parents are also fun to watch in the handful of scenes they're given. Overall, it's lewd, ridiculous, cringey, and awkward as hell, but Lawrence's comedic timing is sharp and undeniably a delight to watch, and Feldman's comedic chops and chemistry with her make this one just fun enough to pass the time.
This review of No Hard Feelings (2023) was written by Moviemitch96 on 28 Jun 2023.
No Hard Feelings has generally received positive reviews.
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