When No Hard Feelings escapes the sex comedy of its marketing material, it shows off disarmingly touching performances from its leads. TaraDBennett's review:
Jennifer Lawrence, why’ve you been holding out on us with your comedic talents? Straight up, the absolute crime that Lawrence has not filled up her IMDb with more big screen comedies is. As the star and producer, Lawrence not only sells, but carries the film’s silly premise way beyond the sophomoric surface into a far more interesting and resonant space.
Well beyond that age range, Maddie is nevertheless desperate and rollerblades her way into the vacation home, and trust, of Allison and Laird Becker . Playing the kind of parent thatwould have mercilessly roasted back in 1986, Broderick gives a delightfully befuddled performance playing a peak helicopter parent alongside an equally funny Benanti.
really soars when writers Gene Stupnitsky and John Phillips get past the over-the-top set-up and let the pair confide in one another about their common brokenness. Maddie’s anger and the reason for her brittle nature is gently exposed by the kind and romantic Percy. They disarm one another, and challenge each other to see themselves in new ways. It’s a little clichéd, but how the script and the actors tackle it is fresh and genuine.
As the film barrels towards its climax, the charming and emotionally intimate scenes that fleshed out Maddie and Percy with such intention are unfortunately sacrificed to make way for a few more over-the-top comedic sequences that don’t land as well as the earlier setups. The whole last act feels overly tinkered with, almost as if
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