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If you don't know those movies or the Duplassi, they specialize in awkward comedy - drama about losers who don't realize they're losers and live their lives like winners, often causing trauma to the people around them while doing so.

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The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

Him & Her is most often described as an anti-romantic comedy, but for those who see the romance in everyday situations (and those with a taste for awkward - yet - raunchy British humor), the love is real.

The spy who loved her: James Norton, who is tipped to be the next Bond, is pictured kissing his new co-star lover Imogen Poots after splitting with long Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan star in the R - rated comedy, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, about three best friends who find themselves where we've all

Visita That Awkward Moment - Quel Momento Imbarazzante (2014)[BRrip - XviD - Italian English Ac3 - Sub ita Eng] MIRCrew Quel Momento Imbarazzante Romantic comedy about three male friends (Efron, Teller, Jordan) in Manhattan who make a pact to remain single just as they start falling in love.

The used - to - be-funny Adam Sandler plays some extraordinary guy in an inconsistent and unfunny movie that is filled with cheap comedy that sometimes doesn't make sense and tons of awkward product placement that just feels like you are watching

Writer / director Patrick Brice completely gets that dynamic — and explores it for deliciously awkward comedy — in «The Overnight.»

Adam Sandler stars in this dark comedy centering around a socially impaired small business owner, dominated by seven sisters, who attempts to find romance, despite his debilitating, awkward quirks.

It's played as a comedy, with director Taika Waititi reveling in awkward pauses, uncomfortable exchanges, some physical comedy, and other things that seem quite unlike what we might expect from a movie starring Thor.

Luckily, the festival goddesses also gave us Salma Hayek in Beatriz at Dinner, Miguel Arteta's agonizing comedy about a vegetarian healer (Hayek) trapped at an awkward dinner with three corporate creeps and their Barbie - doll wives.

The 26 - year - old actor stars in new romantic comedy «That Awkward Moment» - about three buddies who make a pact...

The pair can currently be seen on screen together in bromantic comedy That Awkward Moment.

Miles Teller graces our cover this week, and he chats with Backstage about his performances in Sundance sensation «Whiplash» as well as his upcoming comedy «That Awkward Moment.»

Awkward, horny teens eager for sexual satisfaction are hardly underrepresented in the entertainment world — hello, sex comedies — but films that center on teenage girls and their kinkiest desires are still outliers.

With That Awkward Moment and now this, it appears that Zac Efron may have a stellar year in comedy.

While not a home run, this comedy / drama might still be worth a look for fans of any of its charismatic stars (especially Slate and Kazan) and for those looking for a comedy that at least attempts to infuse darker elements in with its awkward laughs.

An uproarious cross-dressing comedy, First Period follows a new girl and an outcast as the most awkward girls in high sc...

Tyler James Williams is the socially awkward Lionel in «Dear White People,» Justin Simien's feature film debut that mixes comedy and touchy issues.

Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan star in the R - rated comedy, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, about three best friends who find themselves where we've all been — at that confusing «moment» in every dating relationship when you have to decide «So... where is this going?»

In projects as varied as That Awkward Moment, We Are Your Friends, Dirty Grandpa, The Paperboy, and At Any Price, he's had opportunities to play all manners of comedy, drama, and romance, and he approaches it all with the same himbo blankness.

This upside - down reality sets the stage for the awkward scenarios which abound in 21 Jump Street, a hilarious and charming action comedy co-starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.

An especially strong script gives actors plenty to chew on in this comedy - drama, in which writer - directors Faxon and Rash (The Descendants) take an observant look at the awkward connections we make with each other.

So his newest role — as one of three dudes navigating the NYC dating world in bro - mantic comedy That Awkward Moment, co-starring Miles Teller and Zac Efron — is a welcome departure.

From awkward interactions to fractured relationships, Lynn Shelton is a master at capturing modern day human comedies, frequently focusing on characters in a state of arrested development.

I explain about the nightmare story of Movie 43, the gross - out comedy that promised us a movie experience like never before and in reality, was an awkward two hours of watch - watching.

The actor has sometimes been stuck in sophomoric and cartoonish roles in comedies geared towards twenty - somethings (Two Night Stand, That Awkward Moment) but here he finds a role deserving of his talents.

Although a few of the laughs land, particularly if you're into comedy of social embarrassment (like Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office), and the frank honesty and intimacy the three leads cultivate and offer each other in conversation is something we should embrace in male protagonists, That Awkward Moment flounders in the in - between of the two genres it attempts to fuse.

There is an awkward sense that, much like the Carry On Films, you are watching a comedy that is driven by jokes and gags that impressed in another era.

When: May 24th Why: After the somewhat awkward déjà vu of «The Hangover Part II,» there weren't very many people clamoring for a third chapter in the comedy series.

Something like the 2016 coming - of - age comedy The Edge of Seventeen, though entirely fictional, feels authentic in its nuanced, awkward, hilarious, heartbreaking portrayal of what it feels like to grow up.

Supporting cast includes Angela Kinsey («THE OFFICE»), Allie Grant («WEEDS» and the new ABC Comedy «SUBURGATORY»), Ashley Rickards («AWKWARD» and FLY AWAY), Polly Bergen («DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES»), Brad Henke (CHOKE), Robbie Amell («TRUE JACKSON») and Carter Jenkins (ALIENS IN THE ATTIC).

In 2014, he co-starred in the comedy That Awkward Moment, alongside Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan, appeared in the science fiction film Divergent, co-starring again with Shailene Woodley, and starred as a drummer in the well - reviewed drama Whiplash, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in October 201In 2014, he co-starred in the comedy That Awkward Moment, alongside Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan, appeared in the science fiction film Divergent, co-starring again with Shailene Woodley, and starred as a drummer in the well - reviewed drama Whiplash, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in October 201in the comedy That Awkward Moment, alongside Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan, appeared in the science fiction film Divergent, co-starring again with Shailene Woodley, and starred as a drummer in the well - reviewed drama Whiplash, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in October 201in the science fiction film Divergent, co-starring again with Shailene Woodley, and starred as a drummer in the well - reviewed drama Whiplash, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in October 201in the well - reviewed drama Whiplash, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in October 201in theaters in October 201in October 2014.

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The performances in The Judge were the amazing, but the bloated script with awkward comedy moments was frustrating.

66) «All Nighter» Smart Rating: 16.32 Release date: Friday, March 17, 2017 Genre: Comedy Starring: J.K. Simmons, Emile Hirsch, Analeigh Tipton Description: When his daughter (Analeigh Tipton) disappears in Los Angeles, a tough - minded businessman (J.K. Simmons) recruits her awkward ex-boyfriend (Emile Hirsch) to help him find her.

Teller's representatives have confirmed an offer in currently on the table but he is not expected to make a decision until promotion is finished for R - rated comedy THAT AWKWARD MOMENT.

Its awkward mix of high - concept comedy, magic (literalizing the walk - a-mile-in-someone-else's shoes cliché) and grating sentimentality would be off - putting coming from anyone, but from a director whose stock in trade to that point had been gentle dramedies, delivering human insights with a deft light hand?

Miles Teller first gained our attention as hedonistic ladies man Sutter in the 2013 rom - com «The Spectacular Now», before going on to another comedy love story «That Awkward Moment» earlier this year.

The comedy is as awkward and desperate as it needs to be for a film grounded in the complex reality of familial relationships were connections have become untethered.

Some of the jokes are just plain unsettling (there's a running joke about «child molesterers» — not a typo — that comes across as more unpleasant than amusing), but for every awkward and squirmy wisecrack there's a comedy goldmine (the cameo by Waititi as a local preacher is one of the funniest scenes in years).

An awkward teenage girl moves to a new high school in the comedy «Permanent» (2017, PG - 13), starring Kira McLean, Patricia Arquette and Rainn Wilson.

Carrell made the film after a string of solid supporting roles in similar ensemble - oriented comedies but before The Office established him a small screen star and plays the role as amiable if socially awkward, with an undercurrent of melancholy in his isolation from the rest of the world.

Indeed, the titular directive is actually thrown at Bell's socially awkward, commitment - shy protagonist Nancy — not as chaotic a romantic heroine as Amy Schumer's eponymous «Trainwreck» in Apatow's most recent venture, but a similarly welcome rejoinder to the kookily idealized fantasy women that have so long been prevalent in romantic - comedy terrain.

In fact, Ephron's parents turned her awkward teenage years into a Broadway and Hollywood comedy, «Take Her, She's Mine.»

Or is it just a matter of her type of awkward, physical comedy being better off in a supporting role, like her Oscar - nominated role in BRIDESMAIDS?

And while awkward comedy does indeed work in many cases, within this context, it's mainly uncomfortable, and there are few genuine laughs to be had here.

In fact, most scenes of intended comedy tend either to come across as excessively awkward or to simply fall flat.

«The Office» co-writers Stupnitsky and Eisenberg give more workplace scenarios and awkward situations, but the level of comedy as akin to the lazy, halfhearted effort they put forth in their equally sophomoric Year One.

For our final series on The Overnight (a film I've lovingly recommended to many) I had the privilege of sitting down with both Jason and director Patrick Brice, whom I also spoke conducted a more in - depth one - on - one (and you can find that interview here) to talk awkward screenings, reaction cams, penis prosthetics, the infamous butthole paintings, cracking up on set, how to make a good comedy movie and, finally, whether to expect more Coconut Records.

He was marvelous in Neighbors as a preening frat boy, and emerged unscathed from the sex comedy That Awkward Moment, which criminally squandered a crop of young talents with great potential: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots and Mackenzie Davis.