Review of Long Shot (2019) by Bigeyes — 06 May 2019

Very disappointing. Though there were a few funny moments, it was not nearly as witty as I hoped it would be, and the pairing of these two is just so unbelievable as to be cringe-worthy. Theron is, of course, lovely and elegant and does a decent job with her character.

Rogen, however, is just icky...an annoying one-note shlub who is supposedly brilliant, but the little writing of his we hear consists of f-bombs and juvenile turns of phrase. There is no real chemistry between them and the implausibility of the situation ratchets up every ten minutes.

I got so annoyed I almost walked out a few times--just stayed to see how it ended (rom com spoiler--happily!). The secondary characters of Bob Odenkirk's clueless president; Charlotte's aide Margaret, wonderfully played by June Diane Raphael; Andy Serkis as a snarky and sinister media magnate; and the good-looking but goofy PM of Canada, played by Alex Skaarsgard, more or less stole the show.

..but are not quite worth sitting through the movie for. If you can't stay away, just go with extremely well-managed expectations.