That Awkward Moment will resonate well with audiences born in the late eighties and early nineties, who may find the foibles of the leading men and women not just amusing, but truthful to their experience. Gormican captures the essence of these characters going through their quarter-life crisis as they try to decide whether to float toward the promiscuous, freewheeling early twenties side or to take a deep breath and commit to a maturity along the lines of people nearing 30. Meanwhile, Mikey is still committed to Vera and hopes that she will get over her fixation on the attorney and come back to him.
Daniel harbors feelings for sarcastic friend Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis), the same girl working as his “wingman” to help him pick up luscious blondes at bars. The issue is that she had a one night stand with Jason, which he ditched after he suspected she was a prostitute. Jason, who works as a graphic designer at a publishing house with Daniel, is attracted to novelist Ellie (Imogen Poots). However, the friends start drifting apart from hanging out, playing video games and gorging on scotch and ice cream at Jason’s apartment and begin pursuing relationships.
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Daniel goes along with this bachelor code too, since many sour attempts at picking up women at Manhattan bars seem destined to continue. Jason has had enough of “So… ” moments – that juncture when a girl confronts him about where things are going in their relationship, beginning this talk with an exasperated “So…” He just wants to have fun and is weary of commitment. OK, Jason was confused about what "dress-up" meant.That promise seems like a guarantee for Jason, who keeps a mental roster of his flings and has no interest in committing beyond casual sex. Meanwhile, Mikey is a doctor at a hospital, yet his schedule hardly oppressive. Ellie invites Jason to a "dress-up" surprise party for her birthday, and instead of donning his good suit, he shows up in an outfit that would make an S&M devotee blush. Jason and Daniel are supposed to be genius book-jacket designers, but their art wouldn't be worthy of posting on a fridge alongside a kid's crayon scribbles. If comedy is in the details, that is where "That Awkward Moment" falls short, with its plethora of plot holes and lapses in logic. As for Mikey, all he foolishly wants to do is to woo his wife back. Daniel suddenly decides to get serious with friend-turned-lover Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis, who proves captivating despite being stuck in one of several underwritten female roles). But then Jason falls for Ellie (British up-and-comer Imogen Poots, all blue saucer eyes, funky blond hair and almost-OK American accent). You might question Daniel's presumptuous need to hand out Viagra like breath mints to his pals as they head out on the prowl, but it does lead to one the movie's best sight gags.īut it doesn't take long-somewhere between Jason pronouncing how he hates it when a casual bedroom partner suddenly asks where their relationship is going (hence, the "moment" of the title) and Mikey learning that his cheating wife wants a divorce-before it becomes clear that this will be just another rehash of an all-too-familiar manly meme: Commitment-phobes who seek one-night stands without strings yet somehow end up getting tangled in amour.ĭeclaring solidarity with Mikey's sudden turn of events, the three take a vow of singlehood–which shouldn't be difficult, since that is already the path they supposedly have chosen. They do boy talk with brash aplomb, drink abundantly with no ill effects, enjoy the kind of hip-chic living quarters that they couldn't possibly afford (known as " Friends" syndrome) and can make a decent running gag out of how white people don't know who Morris Chestnut is. With Efron as glib alpha male Jason, Jordan as straight man Mikey, and Teller as jokey sidekick Daniel, this bunch initially seems fun hang with.
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