Review of Long Shot (2019) by Theredsky — 17 Jun 2019

Long Shot was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I went into this film with low expectations and was expecting a very mediocre film. I was pleasantly surprised. Let’s get the negatives out of the way.

The tone of this film is severely inconsistent. There is a scene where Seth Rogen’s character and Charlize Theron’s character get attacked by a militia group and the scene goes from being serious to funny and to romantic and this happens within 3 minutes.

Most of the movie is like this and it starts to get annoying. About 25% of the jokes were not funny at all and were just weird and the film starts to get a little too political in the second half. And now what are the positives of this film.

Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron’s chemistry with each other is the single best part of this film. Both actors play off each other really well and it’s a lot of fun watching them act together. Most of the supporting cast does a fun job.

I really liked Andy Serkis as the big media head. 75% of the jokes were actually pretty funny. I wasn’t expecting how funny they would be. I won’t spoil any of the jokes but the video at the end they show is extremely funny.

The cinematography isn’t anything special. The plot is understandable and flows nicely from scene to scene. The dialogue is natural and doesn’t feel forced. The visuals are fine except for this one helicopter about halfway through the film.

Overall, Long Shot provides a funny romance film with great chemistry between the lead actor and actress and extremely funny jokes while lacking a consistent tone. I give Long Shot a 6/10.