I'm not usually a big fan of raunchy comedies but the trailer for No Hard Feelings made me laugh and I like Jennifer Lawrence so I decided to give it a go last night. It is a definitely R-rated but it is not as crude as I was expecting and I really enjoyed it. Maddie Barker (Lawrence) is a bartender in Montauk, New York who supplements her income by working as an Uber driver. After her car is repossessed she fears that she will lose her childhood home without that extra money. When she searches on Craigslist for a cheap used car she finds an intriguing proposition. Helicopter parents Laird and Alison Becker (Matthew Broderick and Laura Benanti) want someone to "date" their awkward and introverted son Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) to bring him out of his shell before he leaves for Princeton in the fall and they are providing a car as payment. She takes them up on their offer but her attempts to seduce Percy go hilariously awry so she resorts to spending time with him to form a connection. Complications ensue! This is quite funny with lots of laugh out loud moments but I especially liked the heartfelt interactions between the two characters. Maddie helps Percy become more social but he also helps her realize that she is just as stunted as he is and that she needs to break free from her dead-end jobs and relationships. Lawrence has fantastic comedic timing and she really commits to all of the outrageous physical comedy. She has great chemistry with Feldman and he is sweetly adorable (I loved his "Maneater" scene). This was a fun time at the movies and I think that studios should make more of these mid-budget comedies (audiences agree with me because the theater was absolutely packed on a Wednesday night during the second week of the run). Give this one a chance!
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