“No Hard Feelings” is a new sex comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence and a throwback to 2000s studio comedies.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- No Hard Feelings is a 2023 American sex comedy film
- The film is directed by Gene Stupnitsky
- From a screenplay he co-wrote with John Phillips
- It stars Jennifer Lawrence as a down-on-her-luck young woman
- She answers a listing to date an introverted 19-year-old in order to get him out of his shell prior to college
- Andrew Barth Feldman played the 19-year-old
- Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, and Matthew Broderick co-star
- Lawrence also produces the film
- The project was announced on October 2021, when Sony Pictures Releasing and Columbia Pictures won a bidding war between Apple Original Films, Netflix and Universal Pictures
- Lawrence was joined the cast and produced the film with Stupnitsky attached to direct the film
- Much of the cast joined in September to October 2022
- Filming expected begin in late September in various Nassau County locations in New York City, such as Hempstead, Point Lookout, Lawrence, and Uniondale
- No Hard Feelings was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on June 23, 2023
- It received mixed reviews from critics
- The film has grossed $24 million since its premiere
- Lawrence, Alex Saks, Marc Provissiero, Naomi Odenkirk, and Justine Polsky serve as producers while Stupnitsky co-wrote the screenplay with John Phillips
- In July 2022, it was reported that Sony would be moving forward with the film and engage in a theatrical release set for June 16, 2023
- In September 2022, Andrew Barth Feldman joined the cast as the male lead
- While Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick were cast as that character’s parents along with Ebon Moss-Bachrach joining the cast
- The following month, Natalie Morales and Scott MacArthur joined the cast
- Principal photography began in late September 2022 in various Nassau County locations in New York, such as Hempstead, Point Lookout, Lawrence, and Uniondale
- Ted’s Fishing Station located in Point Lookout was made to look like “Montauk Dock East”
- One month later, production shot scenes at the North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington
- The film’s plot came from a real Craigslist ad sent to Stupnitsky by producers Provissiero and Odenkirk, with the former telling Lawrence about the story over dinner with her in mind for the role
- Mychael Danna and Jessica Rose Weiss composed the film score
- As of June 25, 2023, No Hard Feelings has grossed $15.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $9.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $24.6 million
- In the United States and Canada, No Hard Feelings was released alongside the wide expansion of Asteroid City
- It was projected to gross around $12 million from 3,208 theaters in its opening weekend
- The film made $6.25 million on its first day, including $2.15 million from Thursday night previews
- It went on to slightly over-perform and debut to $15.1 million, finishing in fourth
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 68% rating
- Based on 144 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 6.1/10
- The website’s consensus reads: “This raunchy comedy often plays it disappointingly safe, but Jennifer Lawrence’s comedic and dramatic chops ensure that the end result prompts No Hard Feelings”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100
- Based on 44 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- While PostTrak reported 84% of filmgoers gave it a positive score
- With 59% saying they would definitely recommend it
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