Critics and audiences have long despaired: Where have all the romantic comedies gone? Though what hard-R shenanigans look like in 2023 — post-#MeToo, post-pandemic, mid-online culture wars — may necessarily be a very different thing than in 1993, or even 2013. Still, there’s novelty in seeing the Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence sign on to a libidinous goof like “No Hard Feelings,” due June 23. She stars as a financially strapped Uber driver who agrees, for a fee, to seduce the awkward teenage son of a wealthy New York couple. The red-band trailer surpassed 45 million views in its first 24 hours online — a testament, perhaps, to moviegoers’ too-long-untapped appetite for cheerfully slapstick set pieces and “Can I touch your wiener?” jokes.

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Persons: Bridget Joneses, Nancy Meyers, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Lawrence, ’ Organizations: Netflix, New Locations: ”, New York