Preview: Going the Distance (2010)

Synopsis:

Meeting six weeks before her departure for San Francisco, two New Yorkers become incomparably close but must resolve all the issues of a long-distance relationship.

• Poster: C+

Review:

Nice colors, but the same color scheme was used last year for (500) Days of Summer. The attempts to blend the skyline of New York with the Golden Gate Bridge is cheesy, but the positions of the actors help mitigate some of that.

• Trailer: B-; C

Review:

It's an amusing preview with more than enough laughs to make it a smallish hit. The chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Justin Long is hard to connect with so little time in the trailer, so I don't know if the film itself will really work based on this.

Sometimes, more isn't better. The structure of this trailer just makes the film feel hopelessly unoriginal. The humor's either not that funny or absent altogether. Other than Drew Barrymore, there's not a big reason to see this one.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Release Date:

• September 3, 2010

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (August 5, 2010) Original

-Wesley Lovell (August 15, 2010) New Release Date (changed from 8/27/10)

-Wesley Lovell (August 24, 2010) New Trailer