Which is a slight disappointment, demanding a sudden realignment of expectations to get on the movie’s wavelength. … Despite those occasional bursts of raucous energy, though, the film’s presiding vibes are laidback. It’s an amiable time at the movies - but I was hoping for more of a shock. ‘No Hard Feelings’ is a nice comedy, courting taboo here and there but largely rounded out with sweetness. There simply aren’t enough female dirtbags in cinema, so Lawrence’s Maddie Barker - Uber driver, surly bartender and pissed-off Montauk townie - is a refreshing character.”įor Vanity Fair, Richard Lawson wrote, “Gene Stupnitsky’s film has a kinder, gentler tone and intent than its logline suggests.
It’s a ‘Superbad’-style story with the sensitivity and class consciousness of John Hughes, a delightfully raunchy streak, and Lawrence going for broke in a bold and bawdy performance as a rowdy Long Island surfer girl doing her best Mae West. The movie is in theaters nowįor Tribune News Service, Katie Walsh wrote, “’No Hard Feelings’ is a direct descendant of ’80s teen coming-of-age comedies but evolved for a new generation. Lawrence plays Maddie, a Montauk local who is desperate for a new car and answers an unusual offer from the parents of a shy young man named Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) to date him for the summer before he goes off to college. Jennifer Lawrence took a break from stardom and returned last year as actor and producer with a delicate dramatic turn in “Causeway.” Now she turns up (again producing) in the very different “No Hard Feelings,” a hard-R comedy directed and co-written by Gene Stupnitsky. As Battaglio wrote, “One factor in TCM’s favor is that Zaslav likely does not want to anger Hollywood elites more than he already has.” In a joint statement released after the meeting, the three directors said of Zaslav, “It’s clear that TCM and classic cinema are very important to him.”Īs reported by The Times’ Stephen Battaglio, it is possible that, due to the public outcry, Tabesh may not be laid off after all. This news understandably set the online film world ablaze.Ī Zoom call was arranged between WBD CEO David Zaslav and filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson, three of the leading advocates for film preservation and cinema culture in Hollywood. Discovery announced personnel cuts at the beloved Turner Classic Movies channel, including programming head Charles Tabesh, general manager Pola Changnon and Genevieve McGillicuddy, who was instrumental in the TCM Classic Film Festival. The biggest movie news this week may have involved a television channel, as Warner Bros. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.
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