Saw this today and thought it was decent – there were a lot of laughs and it avoided potentially questionable moments brought on by the premise with strong writing. The character moments feel authentic to towns with “seasonal” residents and by the end of the movie everyone comes off as nuanced with no outright antagonists
Unreferenced in the movie is the fact that that Matthew Broderick and Laura Benanti have an age difference of 18 years whereas Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman are only 12 years apart but I’m not holding that against it lol
How did it avoid the questionable stuff? Not interested in the movie at all but it seems like it could be interpreted as a promotion of grooming behavior…I kinda wish the kid was a bit older.
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/no-hard-feelings
I heard it wasn’t very good:
I think I mostly agree with Mark there but for me the misjudged parts were isolated enough that it didn’t ruin the whole thing. It feels like the script went through multiple drafts where they weren’t quite sure how far to go with the creepiness and the final result is inconsistent where it both tries to comment on sex comedy tropes while also falling into them
