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A sharp and deceptively layered comedy that's further fueled by the odd couple chemistry of its leads, this Long Shot largely hits its marks. Read critic reviews
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Fred Flarsky is a gifted and free-spirited journalist who has a knack for getting into trouble. Charlotte Field is one of the most influential women in the world -- a smart, sophisticated and accomplished politician. When Fred unexpectedly runs into Charlotte, he soon realizes that she was his former baby sitter and childhood crush. When Charlotte decides to make a run for the presidency, she impulsively hires Fred as her speechwriter -- much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.
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Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Language Throughout|Strong Sexual Content)
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Jonathan Levine
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Producer: Charlize Theron, A.J. Dix, Beth Kono, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver
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Writer: Liz Hannah, Dan Sterling
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $30.3M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films
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Production Co: Point Grey, Denver and Delilah Productions
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Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron star in the political comedy Long Shot. When presidential hopeful Charlotte Field hires her childhood friend and political journalist Fred Flarsky as her new speech writer the two strike up a romance that could damage her chances. Rogen and Theron give solid performances and have chemistry together. However, the humor is pretty raunchy and crude (as Rogen films tend to be), and the left wing politics are as heavy handed as all get-out. Yet some of the jokes work, and there's a positive message about overcoming one's pride and not letting the opinions of others control you. Long Shot has its moments and delivers a few laughs, but the raunch and the politics get in the way and drag it down a bit.
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Oddly mild and politically centrist-affirming for a movie about a woman who spends the majority of the movie trying to enact a climate-benefit policy. Also kind of exists in this weird in-between purgatory world where it's "so woke" and "not like those other RomComs where the guy gets the hot girl just because" but is simultaneously like... The slovenly ~nice guy~ still gets this political powerhouse stunner of a woman by the power of... Being himself? I guess. It's a very half measures movie, is what I'm saying. Moves towards one set of things but can't leave the other set behind. And so a movie with this middling a perspective, of course, gets the middling-est of ratings. Charlize is a fuckin' champ in this though, absolutely runs the show.
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The genre has been done to death, but Rogen and Theron manage to squeeze something out of nothing here. The film is funny and fitting for Rogen's style of humour. It is a shame they released this film in the midst of all the action films, basically rendering this film invisible to the public. I'm sure it will find an audience from streaming and it does deserve some kudos for at least being crafty with the pop culture jokes. 18/08/2019
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The movie fizzles out at the exact moment it should be more daring both as a romantic comedy and a (sort of) political commentary. Theron deserves better.
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