That Awkward Moment
Focus Features | Release Date: January 31, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
16
Negative:
13
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversJan 31, 2014
The compensation comes in the three lead actors, all way too good for the material dished out by writer-director Tom Gormican. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJan 30, 2014
That Awkward Moment strives to straddle the line between breezy, bromantic comedy and “Hangover”-esque guy humor. It fails miserably on both counts. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundJan 29, 2014
Its obsession with male genitalia, or, more specifically, penis receptacles, is emblematic of its overall aura of male entitlement and its consideration of women as prizes to be lanced. Read full review
37
Washington PostAnn HornadayJan 30, 2014
The best thing about awkward moments, after all, is that they usually pass quickly. And, blessedly, just as swiftly forgotten. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesFeb 5, 2014
There’s probably a movie out there that can call a happy, anatomical truce between Viagra-hopped, horizontal-dick jokes and heart-on-the-sleeve love stuff, but this ain’t that. Read full review
30
The DissolveGenevieve KoskiJan 29, 2014
First-time writer-director Tom Gormican fills his script with jabs at romantic convention, but his story doesn’t attempt to subvert those conventions in any meaningful way. Read full review
30
VarietyScott FoundasJan 29, 2014
The pic falls well short of its efforts to combine the raucous vulgarity of the “Hangover” movies with Cameron Crowe-ish depth of feeling. Read full review
25
Boston GlobePeter KeoughJan 30, 2014
As for the dialogue, although the characters talk really fast, swear a lot, and overlap their lines, what they’re saying isn’t very funny or authentic. It’s as if David Mamet collaborated on writing an episode of “Two and a Half Men.” Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthJan 30, 2014
There is something of a manufactured air to the proceedings, one that is acutely aware of the techniques and traits of other similar better film, but without the strength in writing to back it up. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinFeb 6, 2014
Tom Gormican, the writer and director, mostly uses overlapping dialogue in place of actual jokes, although occasionally he stretches to toilet humour. Read full review
20
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeJan 28, 2014
The actors – who seem to have been involved in a hideous industrial accident that’s left them with the superpower of repelling all comic timing – are spectacularly unfunny. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithJan 30, 2014
That Awkward Moment is a rom-com for dudes that seeks to outdo the ladies by being even more insipid, formulaic and contrived than anything Katherine Heigl has ever done. Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJan 30, 2014
A vile, witless sex comedy. Read full review
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