Erin and Garrett meet in a Manhattan bar when Garrett spoils her game of ‘centipedes’, offering to buy her a beer. This leads to them spending the night together and over breakfast the next morning she makes it clear she’s only got six weeks left in New York before she goes back to Stanford. They decide to have a no strings attached summer fling, which neither expect to last once the summer is over.
Garrett works as a talent scout for a record label in New York while 31year old Erin is a summer intern for the New York Sentinel where she hopes to be offered a full time job as a reporter at the end of her internship.
When the time comes for Erin to go back to San Francisco they realise they have a strong connection. They vow to make the relationship work by giving the long distance thing a go, keeping the flame alive via phone calls, video chats, texting and the like with the occasional visit thrown in.
But with interference from Erin’s over protecting sister Corrine (Christina Applegate) who is keen to ensure that her sister doesn’t repeat the same mistakes of her past, Corrine makes no attempt to hide the fact that she disapproves of the long distance romance. Garrett also has interference from his friends Box (Jason Sudeikis) and Dan (Charlie Day) who feel like their loosing their drinking buddy to another failed romance.
Will their coast to coast relationship survive despite the disapproval from family and friends and a few unexpected temptations or will they have to call it a day?
Rom Com lovers won’t want to miss this one. The convincing on screen chemistry between on/off real life couple Justin Long and Drew Barrymore is set to entertain moviegoers. This chemistry also gives a big helping hand to first time feature director Nanette Burstein who is better known for her award winning documentaries.
Going the Distance’ is an easy watching enjoyable movie with lots of wacky humour thrown in from the excellent supporting cast.
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