That Awkward Moment (2014)

That was an excellent one.

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It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I've probably seen this movie over twenty times already, and every time I love it even more. It's so refreshing that it's not your typical romantic comedy with a pretty girl and a handsome guy who fall in love. The characters are so much more relatable and the humour and jokes are similar to the ones I find in my own group of friends. They chose the perfect actors for the characters and you can see they actually enjoyed filming it. My favorite part might be the bloopers after the credits; they crack me up every time. I would totally recommend it to anyone who's looking for a good laugh and doesn't want to watch something too serious.

This story line has been played out more times on the screen in one form or another than there have been bio pics about Henry VIII. Long in the tooth, waning frat boy types. Plenty of WTF references, dopey dialog and beer. And some nudity. Of course, gotta have some manicured male rear ends on display or why hire Zac Efron? (Do people who salivate over seeing male actor's butts ever stop think of what they are actually for?) The director could have...and I hate this trite phrase...phoned it in. As could all the actors. Some here have actually called this a "masterpiece." Seriously? You may need to turn off your cable provider and see more real films. No friends, there's nothing new here. Nothing to see. In 3 or 4 years I could bring this film up in conversation and you won't even recall it.I feel like a burrito.

That Awkward Moment (2014): Dir: Tom Gormican / Cast: Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots, Jessica Lucas: Pathetic hunk of trash about that moment when someone goes from casual dating to full flown relationship. We have three morons played by Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan. After Jordan's wife confesses to cheating he falls into a depression of liquor and ice cream. Perhaps giving him a script to a better film is out of the question for knocking this depression. Instead his buddies take him out drinking and chick hunting. This is where Efron picks up a woman whom he believes is a hooker by night's end. To make this even more manipulative she ends up showing up at his work place while he is giving a presentation on book covers. The buddies make a pact to remain single and only screw around but we all know that they will go through the media's version of falling in love. Jordan attempts to rekindle with his cheating wife. Teller is bedding a woman who was his originally just a bed buddy. I guess she has forged ahead nicely. Efron goes through heartache with Imogen Poots because she sees him as a thoughtless jerk. Jessica Lucas was last seen in Evil Dead and this is even more distorted career move. First time director Tom Gormican does everything but place black boxes on screen to avoid nude scenes all the while we get lame references to Jordan's penis. Another joke involves Teller stinking up the washroom. Here's an idea. Why not every viewer have an awkward moment rewarded with shitting over every print of this dreadful film. Score: 1 / 10

The swinging bachelors are modernized versions of what Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin used to represent in the ring-a-ding days of the 1950s (Sinatra's version of this film, The Tender Trap, came out in 1955). Jason and his best friend Daniel (Miles Teller, the preternaturally self-assured young man from The Spectacular Now) work in a laid-back office designing book covers, an ideal combination of literary cred and artistic invention. They're soon joined by Mikey (Michael B. Jordan from Friday Night Lights and Fruitvale Station), a married doctor whose wife has just announced that she's seeing other men.The three of them make a pact to revel in the single life, building up their "roster" of available women without ever "dating" in any formal way. But things get complicated with the arrival of Ellie (Imogen Poots), a book editor or publisher or something — the film isn't very clear — whom Jason meets in the bar. They bond over a fast-talking riff on cultural stereotyping about the typical New York romance (meeting in a bar, playing beer pong, nervously driving to the Hamptons to meet the parents, worried that you're not smart enough, or attractive enough, and who ever is?) and live smarmily ever after, more or less.