![]() That Awkward Moment finds its disingenuous story momentum in Mikey’s separation from his wife as he moves in with Jason in his New York bachelor pad. I’m not one to get overly concerned with the misogynistic nature of a film as it’s an argument that could be made against just about every single movie made, but when a movie such as this presents a trio of friends - Jason the asshole, Daniel the blatant misogynist and Mikey, who just caught his wife cheating - and asks us to form a bond of any kind, it makes me wonder if the filmmakers presume all of society is as shitty as these people. No problem, Jason will take her out, send her on her way, go home and have sex with Alana ( Addison Timlin), a fuck-buddy whose objectification is made to look “okay” because she’s into it too… or is she? You’d think things would change as he’s just started a new relationship with Ellie ( Imogen Poots), but despite their first encounter ending in a bout between the sheets (after which he ran out of her house, mistaking her for a high society hooker), she wants to take things a little slower if they’re going to actually date. To begin, Jason keeps what he refers to as a “roster” of women so he’s never without a booty call only minutes away. ![]() Now I’m not going to go into all the ways he’s an asshole, just a few instances pertaining to the plot of That Awkward Moment to get us started. ![]() ![]() Seriously, just ask his friends Daniel ( Miles Teller) and Mikey ( Michael B. ![]()
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