Saying it’s depressing Jennifer Lawrence Be the star of a movie like “no hard feelings”, a Sony Pictures production premiering in Puerto Rico this Thursday, could be an extreme reaction. But if it’s not depressing, it’s definitely worrying. Is this the best Hollywood can offer a young actress who has already won an Oscar and been part of two successful franchises?
Aside from the film’s comedy being effective but definitely bumpy, or Lawrence embracing the racy humor of the kind of sex sitcom that dominated commercial cinema in the ’80s, No Hard Feelings just isn’t up the level of Lawrence Talent.
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The actress gives herself completely to the film and in some scenes the awkwardness of the situations her character gets into will surely cause laughter. But that’s the kind of film a performer makes early in their career. It’s hard to imagine that Tom Cruise would have made Risky Business a far better comedy after the success he had with Top Gun. Likewise, despite all the controversies he’s had, Johnny Depp is unlikely to go back to making comedies like Private Resort to revitalize his career.
In “No Hard Feelings,” Jennifer Lawrence plays Maddie, a young woman whose unpredictable and irresponsible behavior has left her broke and with little chance of getting out of the hole she finds herself in. So desperate is he that he decides to accept the offer of some overprotective parents worried about their adolescent son’s emotional health. His logic is that if Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) If you date an attractive girl before you go to college, you have a better chance of having a more successful college life.
The development of this plot works when the film’s script puts the main characters in extreme situations where Maddie tries to awaken Percy’s non-existent sexuality. Where the film stumbles and feels completely compelled are the moments when it attempts to tie her emotional maturation to his.
The film suggests that they are not soul mates, but that his trauma is just as problematic as hers. This makes sense, but has very little on-screen credibility.
It’s clear that Jennifer Lawrence is leading this project because she either has no interest in it or hasn’t been given an opportunity to be a part of a more conventional comedy.
Due to the inconsistency of the footage, No Hard Feelings can be dismissed as the film in which Jennifer Lawrence is completely nude for an entire sequence, rather than the film in which the actress reveals her natural talent for comedy.