Salon.com > Going the Distance http://www.salon.com Wed, 30 May 2012 06:12:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Going the Distance”: Can Drew Barrymore save the rom-com? http://www.salon.com/2010/09/03/going_the_distance/ http://www.salon.com/2010/09/03/going_the_distance/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/andrew_ohehir/2010/09/03/going_the_distance If you want proof that the American romantic comedy is in a dismal state, trapped halfway between apology and experiment, you need look no further than "Going the Distance," which features real-life couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long as a likable young recession-era duo separated by a continent, a lack of funds and a cloudy future. I don't mean that this movie is strikingly good or strikingly bad, in cosmic terms -- it's a solid but totally forgettable entertainment, redeemed somewhat by Barrymore's loud, horsey laugh and some agreeably racy comic situations.

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