She has lately been focused on dark dramas and pitch black satire, but Jennifer Lawrence delighted her fans with the release of the first trailer for her upcoming sex comedy No Hard Feelings on Thursday.
The trailer for the hard R-rated movie promises more laughs than Lawrence has delivered in years, and its the first straight-ahead comedy she has ever made, as most of her lighter projects have been dramedies or satires.
Lawrence, 32, stars in No Hard Feelings as a woman who responds to an ad from a set of parents who offer a car as a gift to any woman who is willing to date their straitlaced son before he leaves for college.
While several Twitter users were elated to see Lawrence doing comedy again, some noted that her return comes amid a seeming downturn of sex comedies and rom-coms. ‘I’m glad Jennifer Lawrence is doing a sexy comedy,’ wrote the comedian and writer Kath Barbadoro. ‘They should make more sex comedies! Idk why they stopped.’
The internet is buzzing with excitement after Sony Pictures released the red band trailer for No Hard Feelings, a new R-rated comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Feldman. ‘Jennifer Lawrence doing physical comedy??? Yes!! She looks good in this!’ gushed one user on Twitter.
The trailer showed off plenty of hilarious moments from the Oscar winner, who plays Maddie, a cash-strapped delivery driver who agrees to date Percy (Feldman), a sheltered 19-year-old son of wealthy parents, before he goes to college. One of the funniest scenes in the trailer involves Maddie getting pepper-sprayed by Percy, who mistakes her for a kidnapper. Another scene shows Percy getting drunk for the first time and accidentally punching Maddie in the throat.
Many fans praised Lawrence for her sex appeal and comedic timing in the film. ‘Jennifer Lawrence being hot and funny is all I need from a film so my ticket is sold,’ tweeted another user. Some also commented on Lawrence’s career choices, noting that she produced both No Hard Feelings and her previous indie drama Causeway, which received critical acclaim.
Jennifer Lawrence going from her acclaimed understated indie film (causeway) to a raunchy R-rated comedy movie (no hard feelings) seems like such an inspired//fun career move… and producing both (!!),’ wrote another fan. Some even predicted that No Hard Feelings would be a hit, as Lawrence’s recent films have not been very successful at the box office.
No Hard Feelings, directed by Gene Stupnitsky and co-written by John Phillips, also stars Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales and Matthew Broderick. It will hit theaters on June 23rd.
Maddie is determined to seduce Percy, a shy and nerdy teenager who inherited a fortune from his uncle. She needs his money to save her family’s house from foreclosure. She tries to impress him with a Long Island Iced Tea, a cocktail made with five liquors and a splash of cola, but he hates it and spits it out. She then takes him to an arcade, gives him a lap dance, and even goes skinny dipping with him in the ocean. But Percy is too timid and scared of everything, from sharks to lifeguards. He also reveals that he is a romantic at heart and wants more than just sex. Maddie starts to feel something for him too, especially when he shows some signs of rebellion, like drinking too much wine at lunch with his parents and partying with other teens. Will Maddie be able to win Percy’s heart and his money?
Once they emerge, they are confronted by a middle-aged man who appears to be te father of the high school graduate hosting the party. The man tries to make Maddie leave, and when a drunken Percy takes a swing at him in her defense, he accidentally winds up punching her in the throat. Helmed by Good Boys director Gene Stupnitsky, No Hard Feelings is slated for release right at the beginning of summer on June 23. The cast includes Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse voice actress Natalie Morales and The Mick star Scott MacArthur as Maddie’s pals.
