I don’t really want to be that guy but I do have to agree that this film would never have been made if the genders were reversed. Imagine the outrage at a film where a father pays a 32-year-old to take his 19-year-old daughter’s virginity. Nobody in their right mind would allow that film to be made. So, why is it okay when the 32-year-old is Jennifer Lawrence and the 19-year-old is a socially awkward boy? It just made me feel icky. Age gap relationships are fine but not when the younger partner is so close to being underage, right? Anyway, I was happily never going to watch this film but I decided that it wasn’t fair if I never even tried. Maybe it would be better than I expected? Maybe it would be nuanced and show how awful the concept is? Or maybe it would just be a load of slapstick comedy that saw an Oscar-winning actress get hurt in a variety of ways?
Yipee ki-yay, motherbooker 