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 (2)
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Erin’s (Drew Barrymore) wry wit and unfiltered frankness charm newly single Garrett (Justin Long) over beer, bar trivia and breakfast the next morning. Their chemistry sparks a full-fledged summer fling, but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett stays behind for his job in New York City. But when six weeks of romping through the city inadvertently become meaningful, neither is sure they want it to end. And while Garrett’s friends, Box (Jason Sudeikis) and Dan (Charlie Day), joke about his pre-flight calorie-cutting and his full-time relationship with his cell phone, they don’t like losing their best drinking buddy to yet another rocky romance. At the same time, Erin’s high-strung, overprotective married sister, Corrine (Christina Applegate), wants to keep Erin from heading down an all-too-familiar road. But despite the opposite coasts, the nay-saying friends and family, and a few unexpected temptations, the couple just might have found something like love, and with the help of a lot of texting, sexting and late-night phone calls, they might actually go the distance. (official distributor synopsis)
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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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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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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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