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● Plot Summary 1h 43m Comedy · Romance

No Hard Feelings (2023) — full plot summary

Directed by Gene Stupnitsky, No Hard Feelings unfolds across 1h 43m of comedy. This page covers the story beat by beat. For the ending, see the dedicated ending explained page.

● TL;DR

On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted 19-year-old son,…

The story

No Hard Feelings is a 2023 American sex comedy film starring Jennifer Lawrence as a woman hired by a wealthy couple to romance their romantically and sexually inexperienced son, played by Andrew Barth Feldman. 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—and Feldman, the film stars Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, and Matthew Broderick.

Setting & tone

No Hard Feelings is set in United States of America and works primarily in English. Tonally it sits in Comedy, Romance, drawing on the conventions of each while filtering them through Gene Stupnitsky's direction.

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