No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings is a 2023 American sex comedy film starring Jennifer Lawrence as a woman who is hired by a wealthy couple to romance their socially awkward son. The film is directed by Gene Stupnitsky from a screenplay he co-wrote with John Phillips. Along with Lawrence, who was one of the film's producers, the film stars Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, and Matthew Broderick. The project was announced in October 2021, when Sony Pictures Releasing and Columbia Pictures won a bidding war between Apple Original Films, Netflix and Universal Pictures. Lawrence 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 began in late September in various Nassau County locations in the New York City metropolitan area, before finishing the following November. No Hard Feelings was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on June 23, 2023. It received generally good reviews from critics and grossed $87 million. Plot 32-year-old Maddie Barker is an Uber driver and bartender in Montauk, New York. She is facing bankruptcy after her car is repossessed as she owes property taxes on a home she inherited from her mother. Desperate to avoid losing the home, she accepts an unusual Craigslist posting. Her new employers, the Beckers, ask her to "date" their 19-year-old son Percy Becker in exchange for a Buick Regal. Since Percy is shy and has had no experiences with girls, drinking, parties, or sex, his parents hope to boost his confidence before he attends Princeton University in the fall.