Review of Long Shot (2019) by Greatmartin — 16 May 2019
1) Many years ago I was taught to leave logic at the door when I go to the movies.
2) Have you ever seen a couple that made you question how/why they ever got together?
3) Is there another woman, besides Julia Roberts, as beautiful to look at in print and film as Charlize Theron?
4) In 2003 I said that if Theron didn't win the Oscar for "Monster" I was never going to the movies again--WHEW! She did!
Okay, now that I got that out of my system, let's talk about "Long Shot". Take away the 'F' word, a 'fluid' shot and a not quite nude sex scene and you have one of those delightful, romantic comedies of the past. Though there doesn't seem to be any chemistry between the leads Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen, his beard doesn't help, nor the fact that at the age of 16 she baby sat him at 13, they are both excellent players and Theron adding another genre in her performance here as a comediane.
The comedy lines work better than the romantic scenes but together it makes for a pleasing, charming movie. Supporting performances like those of Seth Rogan's best friend O'Shea Jackson Jr., or Theron's assistants Claude O'Doherty and Ravi Patel with Bob Odenkirk as the President of the United States all work well and know their way with the zingers supplied by screenwriters Dan Sterling and Paul Scheer. The direction by Jonathan Levine but could have cut the movie sharper to move it a little faster.
The only one I question in the movie is Alexander Skarsgard who in normal circumstances would have been Theorn's romantic interest but in this is just charmless, by design(?) or 100% miscast.
This review of Long Shot (2019) was written by Greatmartin on 16 May 2019.
Long Shot has generally received positive reviews.
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