Just watched this romantic comedy starring sometime off-screen couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. She's an aspiring reporter and he's a record company executive who's forced to guide crappy musical acts for his label. They're forced into a long distance relationship due to unforeseen circumstances. That's all I'll say of the story and just say that this was quite both a ribaldry hilarious and honestly touching movie that seem to ring true most of the time. With fine supporting turns from Jim Gaffigan, Jason Sudeikis, and Christina Applegate, not to mention the leads, I highly recommend Going the Distance. P.S. Nice use of some classic '80s songs like Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" or Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' "I've Had the Time of My Life".

Sometimes a little bit of distance isn't that bad. But it seems that Drew and Justin cannot be without each other (apparently they are or were an item during and/before filming this movie). I wouldn't have known that, if hadn't read it in a film magazine recently. But it does make sense, because their chemistry is really good and one of the more positive aspects of the movie.

Other than that we have great cameos (like Jim Gaffigans intro, though you might have seen it in the trailer) and very nice scenes overall. Unfortunately the script could have been better off with a rewrite. Not that it will matter to the group of people it is aiming at, but some things seem awfully wrong at times.

Still one of the better Rom-Com's of recent years and hats off for going R-Rated rather than making it (completely) sweet and cute. Won't convince males who hate those movies any differently, but they won't be completely appalled by it either (generally)

Erin (Drew Barrymore) is finishing her internship in New York and returning home to San Francisco. Garrett (Justin Long) gets dumped by his girlfriend. They start up a fling but end up trying to keep the long distant relationship alive.

There is some foul mouth rude sarcastic fun to be had here. When you get Charlie Day, you can't expect anything less. At least, I hope we don't get anything less.

We catch Justin Long and Drew Barrymore while they're still a couple. Their breakup probably didn't help this movie any. They have good chemistry together. However it doesn't work on the phone. It breaks up the flow of the rom-com. I know it's the gimmick that drives the movie. It's just not a very cinematic gimmick.