Jennifer Lawrence: She’s a Maneater in No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings: The new Jennifer Lawrence coming-of-age comedy is an updated successor to early 1980s classics

Above: Jennifer Lawrence plays a 32-year-old who needs a car so she can Uber enough to save her home in “No Hard Feelings,” a new comedy classic worthy of 1980s R-rated coming-of-age classics like “Risky Business,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “My Tutor.” Publicity gallery photo by Macall Polay/Sony Pictures courtesy of nohardfeelings.com and Sony Pictures.

No Hard Feelings is a modern mix of three 1980s coming-of-age comedy classics: Risky Business, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and My Tutor.

Throw in a dash of The Graduate and a bit of Hillbilly Elegy. The result? A hilarious, occasionally raunchy, and surprisingly deep film about 2023:

Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence plays a struggling 32-year-old barmaid who seduces a nerdy rich boy (age 19). The story is also a quest for a reliable old Buick in an unpredictable world.

It gets far, far more complicated.

The 1982 Halls and Oates song Maneater is a parable for this new Jennifer Lawrence classic

The 1982 №1 Hall and Oates song Maneater sums up the whole story: “Money’s the matter. If you’re in it for love, you ain’t gonna get too far. Oh, here she comes.”

Lawrence’s character is a working-class native of seaside Montauk, New York (where the median house is now listing for $3.3 million). She works in a bar and needs to drive wealthy tourists via Uber to keep up…