Directed by:
Nanette BursteinScreenplay:
Geoff LaTulippeCinematography:
Eric SteelbergComposer:
Mychael DannaCast:
Justin Long, Drew Barrymore, Christina Applegate, Charlie Day, Ron Livingston, Kelli Garner, June Diane Raphael, Natalie Morales, Jason Sudeikis (more)VOD (1)
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Erin and Garrett are good together - even when they're apart. When aspiring journalist Erin (Drew Barrymore) moves to San Francisco to finish her last year of school boyfriend Garrett (Justin Long) an assistant music scout stays in Manhattan to pursue his ambitions and wait on that promotion he's been promised. With a webcam connection and frequent flyer miles the two gamely navigate the pitfalls and miscommunications of their bi-coastal romance dodging bad advice from friends and some predatory singles who won't take "taken" for an answer. But when it seems their wait is almost over Erin scores her dream job in California just as Garrett's career heats up in New York. The big breaks they've been hoping for could break them up for good... unless their love can truly go the distance. (Warner Bros. AU)
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I guess I hadn't seen an American comedy in a while, or I just had to see something this light-hearted at that moment. Or maybe it was the fact that I hadn't been to the cinema in a while and got carried away by the experience. I don't know. But I really was entertained the whole time, and I didn't even mourn the fact that the ending was what it was. Maybe it was helped by the fact that I enjoyed the dialogue (and what American romantic comedy can you say the same thing about?). I found the film quite believable on that level. So I closed the books and said to myself "Fuck it, why not just give this 4 stars?". X-D
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An ordinary romantic spectacle with a likable central couple, an amusing Christina Applegate and nice opening credits, which are all pluses. But the film also has unnecessarily vulgar humor that I didn't find funny, a horrible man named Charlie Day in a supporting role (can anyone seriously claim that such an asshole is a comedian?) and the most clichéd script I've seen a hundred times, which are all negatives. Two and a half out of five, or pure average.
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This romantic comedy has a huge charm to it. Especially since Justin and Drew really fell in love during the making of this film, so I didn’t have to force myself at all to believe their performances. Here it was simply clear from the first minute, when they drew attention to themselves with bright flashes in their eyes. And in the end, I had a really good time. It was obvious that the movie didn’t want to cater to mass tastes so at times it was harsh, crass and so on. But that that’s the beautiful thing about it, because life is exactly like that. On the other hand, it was a real pity that Justin had two great pals in this movie – Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day – but the creators just throw them aside without a moment’s hesitation. Even though that without them, the movie would have been only a half of what it was. Anyhow, it was a great movie, proving that love is love and that it emerges, perishes and develops in any form, and the usual clichés do not always apply. This is probably what I liked about it the most.
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Drew Barrymore and Justin Long do have quite good chemistry between them, and they want to show us that even with a long-distance relationship, one shouldn't give up, but I simply wasn't entertained by the story. The romance at the beginning is nice, almost like something out of a rom-com, but then it's just the boring pitfalls of the relationship, which of course end well. It can't be any other way...
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