Going The Distance Movie Reviews

Going the Distance is a rom com by director Nanette Burstein, and stars Justin Long and Drew Barrymore. Now don’t expect anything brand new from the film, but yes it is one of those stereotypical romantic films that come out of Hollywood that are easy and entertaining watches. Going the Distance is a film about a couple that tries to maintain a long distance relationship. What starts off between them as a few weeks long fling ends up in an exclusive relationship

After sharing screen time with a large ensemble in last year’s romantic roundelay, He’s Just Not That Into You, the on-again, off-again real-life couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long reunites as the lead pair in this coarse comedy. She’s an intern for a daily newspaper in New York. And he’s employed with a low-level music firm. Still smarting from a failed relationship, the commitment-phobic music man has a short-term fling with the wannabe journalist.

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long star as a couple struggling to maintain a long-distance relationship in "Going The Distance", the kind of surprisingly rare romantic comedy that comes with a believable, real-world premise. He's a record-label flunky living in Manhattan; she's a wannabe journalist interning at a New York newspaper. What starts off as a no-strings-attached affair quickly turns into a real romance.

This is a rom-com that rattles off into no-man's land, even before it takes off. And there isn't much that Drew Barrymore can do to salvage it, despite her pep factor. Can't blame her really, for the film doesn't demand anything from her, other than waiting for her boyfriend to pounce over her during his infrequent visits to her hometown. And while waiting, she's left to bide her time, sharing boring family dinners with her sister's