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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramGormican’s script is the film’s big strength; the dialogue fizzes while the set-pieces pay off handsomely.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigWhile it has the requisite amounts of comedy and romance, it's actually more of a buddy movie. Think "Sex in the City," bro-style.
- 60EmpireAnna SmithEmpireAnna SmithIt’s predictable and troubled by continuity errors, but as undemanding romantic comedies go, it’s a pleasant enough watch with a heartfelt script from debut writer-director Tom Gormican.
- That Awkward Moment desperately wants to speak to a new generation of romantic-comedy devotees without proving it has the authority to do so. It’s not as laboriously dumb as the overloaded ensemble rom-coms of Garry Marshall ("Valentine’s Day," "New Year’s Eve") or the similarly star-studded "He’s Just Not That Into You."
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenEven when Gormican’s material tries too hard to be wackily crude, and not hard enough to make dramatic sense, the actors suggest layers of experience that help to fill in the gaps.
- 38Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundSlant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundIts 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.
- 30VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasThe pic falls well short of its efforts to combine the raucous vulgarity of the “Hangover” movies with Cameron Crowe-ish depth of feeling.
- 30The DissolveGenevieve KoskiThe DissolveGenevieve KoskiFirst-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.
- 25The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthThere 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.
- 20Time Out LondonCath ClarkeTime Out LondonCath ClarkeThe 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.