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There's some odd touches to this, but overall it looks like a fun space adventure with some awkward comedy.

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

Not exact matches

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

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

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.

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.»

It's Superbad meets Zombieland as it's a good mix of awkward teenage coming - of - age comedy sprinkled with tons of blood and guts.

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.

Writer / director Tom Gormican's upcoming R - rated romantic comedy THAT AWKWARD MOMENT follows three young adult males, played by Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan, who struggle to define and understand their relationships with the opposite sex.

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.

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.

The film does not become a comedy of errors, but there are more than a few awkward exchanges thanks to Churchill's interactions with supporting players such as Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI or Lily James as Elizabeth, Churchill's latest secretary.

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 2014.

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Look, I'm all for lacing comedy with awkward silences, because well - timed awkward silences can be hilarious — and all things considered, they have a way of forcing audiences to confront the prejudices they harbour.

Jason Reitman declares without a doubt that he's among the most talented filmmakers working today and Diablo Cody proves she's far from a one trick pony with the delightfully awkward black comedy «Young Adult».

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?

A comedy with just as many moments of sadness, disaffection and humiliation as there are laughs, the film never shies away from awkward human strangeness.

On Oct. 9, HBO adds two more hard - to - pigeonhole half hours to its lineup with Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church, and Insecure, starring Issa Rae (YouTube's Awkward Black Girl), who created the show with longtime producer (and host of Comedy Central's recently canceled Nightly Show) Larry Wilmore.

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.

Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality and coarse humor) Midlife crisis comedy about an awkward nerd (Steve Carell) just dumped by his adulterous wife (Julianne Moore) who transforms himself into a suave ladies man with the help of a shameless playboy (Ryan Gosling).

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.

The actor has shown comedic promise in films like 17 Again and That Awkward Moment (even if the latter was a bit of a disappointment as a whole), but the former High School Musical star goes full tilt in this flick, showing he can run with the comedy bull that is Seth Rogen.

With the Duplass brothers producing, the series expectedly takes on the mumblecore auteur - siblings» dry, awkward tone and works as a kind of comedy of humiliation, to varying degrees of success.

His awkward attempts to pump information from her drew laughter from the audience, exposing a script that aims for drama with elements of black comedy, but lands somewhat wide of the mark.

However, with director David Gordon Green's latest, which is an awkward mix of stoner comedy and medieval epic, that problem is quickly dispelled.

His films, which do not begin with finished screenplays but are «devised» by the director in collaboration with his actors, have always been about modern Britain — often about inarticulate, alienated, shy, hostile types, who are as psychologically awkward in his comedies as in his hard - edged work.

It is one of those rare games that can actually make you laugh with the writing, often games that involve comedy can simply be awkward, crude or, even worse, boring, but this is a game that has consistently funny writing filled with charm and wit.