Film Review – No Hard Feelings

“No Hard Feelings” is being marketed as a raunchy R-rated comedy, pushing a certain attitude on potential ticket-buyers. The feature has moments of coarseness, but the screenplay by John Phillips and Gene Stupnitsky (who also directs) isn’t entirely committed to delivering an aggressive sense of humor. The material is more interested in finding some form of heart in the middle of all the shenanigans, with the production wise to spend a fortune on the hiring of Jennifer Lawrence. The actress hasn’t enjoyed much practice in the world of big screen comedies, but she gives the part some much needed heft, doing her best to keep the endeavor afloat while it struggles with formulaic writing and strangely sloppy editing (credited to Brent White). “No Hard Feelings” isn’t quite the painful nougie pre-release footage has promised, stuck somewhere in the middle of silly and sincere, with Lawrence always game to supply some much-needed sass to help save droopy moments. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com