In the history of cinema, there are three films with the title "This awkward moment." Reviews, despite their identical genre policies, radically differ from each other. The first is a 1977 film by French producer and director Claude Berry, the second is a modern remake of 2015 by the son of producer Tom Langmann, and the third is the 2014 romk of debutant director, screenwriter Tom Gormikan. Each film is quite frank, in each there are comedic and tragic motifs.
Claude Berry French tragicomedy
In the 70s, all the French comedies that fell into Soviet distribution went through the most severe censorship. Therefore, some of the works of the famous French director and producer Claude Berry, a well-known domestic audience on the comedies “Beaver Befriend!” and Asterix and Obelix, entrance to the screens of Soviet cinemas was ordered. Therefore, his 1977 film “This Awkward Moment” (reviews by international film critics do not call her particularly “preoccupied”) is little known to domestic film lovers. After all, the picture with another name “Minute dullness of reason” is quite frank. The main theme of the film was the notorious “male panic”, social changes caused by the sexual revolution, which turned the representatives of the strong half of humanity from masters of life into slaves dependent on women's whims. Reviews and reviews of the film “This Awkward Moment” in the 70s were outraged and mostly negative, because they were mostly written by male film critics.
A remaking remake
An attempt by Tom Langmann, the son of Berry, also a producer, an Oscar winner for “The Artist,” to remind the world of one of his father’s most provocative tapes ended in a rental of an adapted remake of the tape. Launched in 2015, “This Awkward Moment”, the description and reviews were similar to the original. The director Jean-Francois Richet turned out to be provocative and frank, but a thought-provoking comedy about the unexpectedly emerging relationship of a very middle-aged hero with the young (almost adult) daughter of his best friend. Remake director Jean-Francois Richet, who previously shot exclusively crime films (“Attack on Section 13”), worked in a creative alliance with screenwriter Lisa Azuelos, who is considered a youth professional. The girl was already the author of France’s famous school romantic film “LOL” and put on a remake of the same film called “Summer. Classmates. Love". The project "This Awkward Moment" reviews of the film are called a significant career step for both the screenwriter and the director of the remake.
Plot
Corsican Antoine (Francois Clauzet), who has long been away from his native island, once decides to return to his native land and show his 17-year-old daughter Luna (Lola Le Lann) to the Fate. Together with them, the best friend of Antoine Laurent (Vincent Cassel) and his daughter 18-year-old Marie (Alice Issas) send to Corsica. Faced with a choice - to be bored at home or to have fun at night discos and beach parties, the girls give preference to the latter and resolutely set off in search of a male company. Marie is looking for a company of peers, but the moon begins to take a closer look and become interested in Laurent. Once, being under the influence of strong drinks, they go for a night swim, which, due to the arrogant flirting of the young beauty, ends with sex on the beach. In the morning, the moon in love flutters with happiness, the discouraged Laurent burns with shame, fearing the righteous anger of Antoine, who has a hunting shotgun hidden. This moment of the film "This Awkward Moment" (France) is called the most provocative and burning.
Moral dilemma
As a result of the joint work of Azuelos and Richet, a remake of "This Awkward Moment" adapted to the chaotic modernity turned out, the reviews immediately called him a curious tragicomic picture. The value of the film is not that it really captivates and entertains the viewer enough, but that the viewers posed by the creators of the questions after watching for a long time can not get out of their heads. The main moral dilemma of the picture is whether the young lady could so aggressively impose herself on an adult man and whether the person who suits her father as a high school student should follow her lead. After all, the viewer instinctively feels that something is somehow wrong. What moral standards measure the actions of heroes? Indeed, in our crazy age, certainty and clear categorization cannot be found. Which is better: to look and feel or trust the opinion of professionals, relying on reviews and reviews? The film "This awkward moment" will make everyone think.
Drama or comedy?
The picture "This Awkward Moment" is delicately balanced between comedy and drama. There are very few funny scenes and jokes in the picture, they do not cause attacks of homeric laughter, often just a grin. The degree of drama also does not go off scale, because the scenes in which passions must boil and explode are softened by a comedic bias. It should be noted that there is relatively little eroticism in the movie; it is present solely for the sake of the plot. And having frank episodes turned out to be seductive and beautiful.
Casting cast
Analyzing the film “This Awkward Moment”, reviews note the brilliant casting of the film. You really can’t find fault with the acting game. Cluset and Kassel are real professionals, Lola Le Lannes compensates for some of her mistakes with a luxurious figure. But the feelings convey much more believable than the main character of the original. Kassel, of course, looks worthy, much better and more athletic than the main character of the original Berry film. If we compare the characters of the two paintings, then the advantages will be on the side of the modern film. The original is more like a farcical parable, not claiming credibility. And the new story makes us believe in what is happening, especially if you look with her male eyes.
Debut director's romkom
“This Awkward Moment” (2014) is the rum of the debutant directed by Tom Gormiken, who, before participating in this project, acted as one of the producers of the cynical comedy “Movie 43”. The movie is distinguished by an expressive picture, lively entertaining dialogs and a perfectly selected soundtrack. The description of the film “This Awkward Moment” (USA) tells the story of three bosom buddies who are united by disorder in their personal lives, which is why they make themselves up of deep-rooted cynics, but behind the ostentatious cynicism there is a thirst for romance.
Plot
The protagonist Jason (Zac Efron) enjoys all the benefits of a bachelor's life, his friend Daniel (Miles Teller) tries to imitate him and keep up with everything. Their third friend, Mikey (Michael B. Jordan), is married, but at the moment when his wife files for divorce, friends regard this as a sign from above and begin to light in the clubs for three of them. Trinity solemnly promises each other not to have a relationship. But fate has completely different plans for them. All three leading actors are charming and natural, they complement each other perfectly.
Result
The plot of the film is conditional and contrived, but as a result, Tom Gormikan got an energetic and lively romantic comedy, created as if according to the classical patterns of the genre. Predictable and banal, it has an old moral world - everyone has to grow up and learn responsibility. And along with this, the picture turned out to be sweet and pleasant, vaguely reminiscent of the work of Kevin Smith, for example, "In pursuit of Amy." Of course, Gormiken did not reach the level of a master, but he adequately maintains a balance between modern existentialism, romance and humor. His creation has no innovative frills, does not surprise, and sometimes even calms and lulls. This is far from the most original pastime, but it will suit you perfectly for the appropriate mood.