Review of Going the Distance (2010) by Critic_Please — 12 Feb 2011
Going the Distance falls halfway between an uncommitted romance and a limp slapstick comedy. Drew is sultry and beauty as always, but like regurgitated food - this character was better the first few times.
A long distance relationship is a full heart that is lonely. And somehow, that was missed. The couple falls in love while Drew is working the tail end of a summer internship in NYC. Jason Long just 'clicks' with Drew and they spend the next six lustful weeks together.
Both agree that long-distance is not possible. As Drew is boarding to leave, Jason professes to her that perhaps, just maybe, long distance could work for them. After all, they have something deeper, something special, something.
..that can go the distance? The script, unfortunately does not develop much beyond this. The director, Nanette Burstein, seems to have taken the stance that "romance is awkward", and not the cute awkward, but the the mouth-breather panting down my neck kind of awkward.
Romance needs connection. And not the cold, clammy awkwardness of a one-sided phone sex conversation.
This review of Going the Distance (2010) was written by Critic_Please on 12 Feb 2011.
Going the Distance has generally received mixed reviews.
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