GOING THE DISTANCE (2010)

Going the Distance (2010)

Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Nanette Burstein
Writer: Geoff LaTulippe
Stars: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long and Ron Livingston

My rating – 3/5

Going the Distance is not novel or unique but it has everything you may expect when watching a romantic comedy. Which obviously is the romance part and the comedy part. This movie has a good balance of both while keeping the audience wondering and glued to the story line. Even though I have seeing fat better romantic movies in past years ‘Going the Distance’ has its own things to talk about.

Erin (Drew Barrymore) is a summer intern in a New York news paper and six weeks away from leaving to her home town which is 3000miles in California. Garret is a employee for a record label in NY and pretty much hates the job and looking for a way out but both struggling due the tough recession times. This is where they first meet at a bar and starts a casual relationship knowing they have lots of things in common having only 6 weeks to spare. Fortunately for the script and unfortunately for them they fall in love so fast that when the 6 weeks pass by they find themselves starting up a long distance relationship.

And the rest of the story is about how they keeping in love, solving problems and most importantly trying to be there for one another while they are thousands of miles apart. If you have even being in one of those ‘long distance’ relationships you may know the drill. If not get a hunch by watching this!

The script is catchy. It has some interesting moments in it + funny dialogues bundled. When it comes to romantic comedies there are always best friends of the couple or relations. This movie has both kinds and they fill in the void when the story starts to idle and does a very good job with that.

‘Going the Distance’ has a nice mood to it. It never rushes and it never boringly slows down as well. The story covers a long time span little over 2 years and the viewer is solidly kept in the time line. Performance wise I can’t complaint either. Drew offers what she got and it’s not a very tiring or a mind breaking roll to start with. Maybe pretending to be drunk was the toughest scene in the whole movie.

If you are mild at heart and likes some love and fun in a mix, ‘Going the Distance’ is just the right thing for you. Happy long distance loving!!

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