The best romantic comedies still tend to have these aspects in them, but they just happen to be done well in these movies. Drew Barrymore may be the self-doubting Female Character, but she is charming, funny, and has the single best joke of the movie; Justin Long is the relationship-screwer-upper, but he is effectively everymanish as Male Character. Christina Applegate does play Female Character\u2019s Sister, and the Jason Sudeikis\/Charlie Day duo are probably the best aspect of the movie. And while the romance aspect of the movie is extremely formulaic, it\u2019s kind of endearing. (Fuck you, I do<\/em> have emotions.)<\/p>\n

Going the Distance is a member of the prestigious ‘I watched this multiple times in one day’ club, along with The Perfect Score, Cheaper by the Dozen, and pretty much every movie I rented as a kid. (I probably shouldn\u2019t have called this a prestigious club.) That is not to say it is a great movie, just an infinitely watchable one. The comedy is pretty consistently hilarious, the romance surprisingly enjoyable, and Going the Distance is clearly the best of the club it is in. You want to sit down and watch a serious movie while giving your full attention to it? Definitely choose something else. But are you hung over? Tired? Want to watch something while you bullshit with a friend? In that case, Going the Distance is one of the better choices you can make.
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