Sometimes a movie trailer looks really promising. And the movie disappoints. Does it happen the other way around? I guess one good thing about not doing this for a living is that I never have to watch something that doesn't look good. I saw the scene where Jennifer Lawrence's Maddie is trying to convince the parents that she's is right for the "job" of bringing their son out of his shell on Netflix and my reaction was "No, thanks." But then someone recommended it and I decided to give it a try.
Sometimes a trailer has all the best scenes and there's not much good left in the rest of a movie. In case of No Hard Feelings it's the other way around. The trailer covers most of the worst scenes. All that dumb, raunchy, "may I see your wiener... your dog" stuff. And what's left is a heartfelt story about two people coming of age, even though they are both adults and one is supposed to be "mature". Maddie in that scene with the parents is nothing like she is in the rest of the film. Jennifer Lawrence is so good at this gradual, bit by bit, reveal of the vulnerable goodness that hides underneath Maddie's brash, rowdy exterior. She gives the movie its heart. It would be dead without it.
Sometimes a trailer has all the best scenes and there's not much good left in the rest of a movie. In case of No Hard Feelings it's the other way around. The trailer covers most of the worst scenes. All that dumb, raunchy, "may I see your wiener... your dog" stuff. And what's left is a heartfelt story about two people coming of age, even though they are both adults and one is supposed to be "mature". Maddie in that scene with the parents is nothing like she is in the rest of the film. Jennifer Lawrence is so good at this gradual, bit by bit, reveal of the vulnerable goodness that hides underneath Maddie's brash, rowdy exterior. She gives the movie its heart. It would be dead without it.