Long Shot reviewed by Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode reviews Long Shot. Journalist Fred Flarsky is reunited with his old babysitter and childhood crush Charlotte Field - who happens to now be a high powered diplomat with an eye on the Presidency. When Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter, sparks fly.
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[@saxbend]

Perhaps a better term than Dramedy would be the opposite portmanteau: Coma

[@elijahoakes1768]

Saw this a few days ago, was really surprised by it, I was constantly laughing through the entire film and I thought both of them had great chemistry

[@rustyjames1727]

You mean it didnt remind him of Exorcist 3 ?

[@edwarddickson7026]

Rusty James 😂😂😂

[@Luvie1980]

Seth Rogan playing Seth Rogan

[@489Acresofwheat]

He's a character through and through

[@mdtys]

hehheurgehguehgehg

[@nikosvault]

Cary Grant playing Cary Grant. Woody Allen playing Woody Allen.

[@Limubi1]

Oh Mark, wonderful to hear you liking this film; I laughed out loud so many times.

[@jackgleeson8321]

This is fantastic and really funny. I really enjoyed it when I saw it.

[@undoubt1540]

That's unbelievable. I don't think I've ever seen Kermode give a review like that. Agreed though. Thought it was brilliant.

[@asare240]

When I saw the trailer for this, I thought he was just remaking Knocked Up.

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

Judd Apatow did not make this movie. Long Shot was written by Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah and directed by Jonathan Levine.

[@glyph2011]

Watched this yesterday. Loved it. Very funny, soppy in moments but an all round good romantic comedy.

[@TakeFiveMediaLtd]

Looking forward to seeing this, thanks for the review!

[@The3rdGunman]

Charlize is so fine

[@connie_d]

Is this the first Seth Rogen film you've enjoyed?

[@Damasiofa]

I think he liked Steve Jobs too.

[@davidhopper9793]

@@Damasiofa does that count, completely different to other Seth Rogen movies

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

American Pie and There's Something About Mary could not be more different in feel, style, genre...

[@davidsteel8324]

Really looking forward to this, two actors I like watching.

[@thatguyfromthatthing8573]

0:44 Murdoch Maxwell Media Mogul. Try saying that ten times, fast.

[@nazirkazi2588]

Please don't.. they guard the portal to hell.

[@gorgeous61]

Can't believe this film was made......It is dire. Seth Rogan plays himself The incredibly attractive powerful star of the story falls for his elusive charms. He cannot believe that she feels the same way, she does. They take drugs and do not die. The end.

[@TheMovieWatcherClub]

you forgot all of the politics in the movie...

[@28joshg]

Yeah, you can reduce any movie if you want. Shark terrorizes beach, 3 men hunt it down, shark dies. The end.

[@ClichéGuevara-2814]

@@28joshg Robert Shaw plays himself, too...

[@DaCarnival]

Interested in this - but where is the Woman at War review?

[@olivermcerlean8386]

Hate to be contrary, but it was so predictable as to be disappointing. Seth playing Seth for the 14th time; megadrug scene to trigger the third act (which got me excited, but that only lasted one phone call to a 'Qashtari); cookie cutter Seth Rogan stuff he could do in his molly blackout by now. She's great, Seth's great, but the film was mediocre. I rarely find any review of Mark's misleading, but I want my Saturday matinee time back. Or an LCD sense of humour.

[@xxxdlmbxxx1234]

This film had a 1999-2010 type vibe.

[@ciaranmurren]

Thanks for spoiling all the gags

[@ciaranmurren]

@@spacemonkey95 not each and every gag but he gave away a lot 👍👍👍👍✌️

[@CerealBox64]

The film was so lame, it's a shock to me Kermode loved it so much.

[@Paul-ke2hg]

I liked it

[@michaelcox8820]

Mark please review Unplanned. I know it doesn't fit with the left wing ideological culture of the BBC, but that's no excuse not to review a movie that is doing well in the US box-office despite a media blackout.

[@ajkgordon]

Why would they review a parochial piece of propaganda about an issue that is almost entirely irrelevant outside the US and other Christian fundamentalist audiences?

[@VIPERRED229]

Just seen it. Brilliantly funny and ewwww moments!

[@Arun43647]

Long shot to be a decent funny movie... Yaaawwwwnnnnnn👎

[@hoverpantsz262]

Oh so this was a comedy i would never have known if i hadn't been told.....

[@synthzee]

This review is Yuck

[@FabioRossettiFI]

saw it yesterday on vod.. a tacky romantic comedy with a lot of grossness and an inexcusable portrayal of drug abuse.. but with a liberal agenda. enthusiast about Long Shot but later finding The Hunt lackluster? mmm...

[@123rockfan]

Thought it was really funny, but the editing and ADR were really bad. Completely distracting

[@MitzyAndSadie]

I laughed a few times, I admit, but it’s a dreadful film that does not work. And as for O’Shea Jackson Jr NOT being underwritten?? Just nonsense. He should have been the lead, angry fozzy bear the 2d friend . Then it just might have worked.

[@tutmytuthoppy]

When Kermode is paid to like a movie and Myao cant stand the lies.

[@rossleeson8626]

This film is as funny, but as it got more and more into the lazy excuse for the story the more I hated it. The ending was so pathetically predictable.

[@kenth151]

This is a weak movie.

[@theladyfingers___]

No, this is a bad movie. The relationship is distractingly implausible but utterly formulaic and there are no actual jokes, just a lot of inappropriate things said with no relevance to actual conversations.

[@NefariousKoel]

4:05 Pretty sure the term "character actor" represents actors who tend to play the same type of character in most of their films. Not just "an actor who plays a character".

[@GUV85]

The term is usually applied to actors who have very different roles in everything they're in. Very rarely are they leading men/women but they are very versatile.

[@SweetMintPie555]

are you thinking of typecast? guv85 is right

[@NefariousKoel]

@@SweetMintPie555 Perhaps I got it backward. Although "typecast" always seemed more appropriate as a verb.

[@eme.261]

John Lithgow is a brilliant character actor, as are Tilda Swinton, Gary Oldman, Jeff Daniels, Sally Hawkins, Michael Sheen, Toby Jones, Paul Dano, Julie Walters and Sam Rockwell, among others. Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Pete Postlethwaite were also brilliant character actors. Michael Shannon is a brilliant character actor who's now, unfortunately, been typecast as the overly intense, psychotic bad guy. The greatest character actor of all time is Daniel Day-Lewis.

[@franklingoodwin]

@@neiladlington950 Danny Trejo is another great character actor...when he's not doing Old El Paso adverts