This weeks visit to the Cinema was to see the Romantic Comedy "Going the Distance" the film stars real life couple (At the time, I believe they have broken up now.) Drew Barrymore and Justin Long however even the chemistry between them was not enough to carry a very flat movie.
The Jokes ranged across the full spectrum of bad comedy from ridiculous setups that are signposted from so far away that you feel tired by the time it arrives, to the current trend for replacing comedy with too much information and random swear words. There were a few funny moments but unfortunately as we had already seen them so many times in the trailers it took the edge of them.
Christina Applegate gave a good performance as Drew Barrymores sister and got the best laughs of the film whilst London band The Boxer Rebellion put in a few long cameo performances which seemed to drag a little, but as I have always thought they were one of the best unsigned acts so any exposure they can get is a positive, although I was not particularly impressed of their decision to release an iTunes only album, but that was due to my dislike for Apple not the band.
The Award for most unbelievable characters go to Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day who act as the usual cretinous "Friends of the Boy" but are so unbelievable in their language and interactions with each other that you sit there wondering who would talk like that, When watching the film I could only assume that the film was written by a woman as it felt more like a woman's interpretation of male relationships. as it turns out it was directed by Nanette Burstein and I would be interested in how much input she had over the dialog.
Not that this film was entirely without merit, simply that what merit it has is lost in the telegraphed gags and unrealistic performances, I would recommend this film only to a couple staying in and watching it on DVD, and even then only if they had already seen many of the plethora of very similar movies.
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