My review on my YouTube channel is up.
I took my fiance out to a lovely Mexican dinner after we watched this film. The first thing she said to me was that she loved every minute of it. The only thing that took her out of the film were the couple next to us who decided to take their shoes completely off. One of the only set backs to having new reclining seats. The first thing that stayed in the back of my mind when the movie began was the run time. I kept asking myself about the parts that will drag. Now I can admit that the movie could have been shorter and there were definitely some areas where the fat could be trimmed but the chemistry between Rogan and Theron is so enjoyable that I could not feel the length of the film anymore, I could only feel the warmth of the story. The parts that hit hardest to me was the feeling that everyone felt like they were enjoying the work they were putting in to the development of this film. When you have a Jonathan Levine directing one of my favorite surprise hits Warm Bodies, I'm not too surprised. He really knows how to capture the heart of a romantic comedy and keep it fresh and extremely funny.Rogan has been great at casting himself and being cast as the unlikely love interest, as reluctant as the person he is attempting to make us believe he will live happily ever after with. Its happened so many times that now its not so unbelievable. This was not an opposites attract situation, Theron's character as Secretary of State, driven and professional, political giant is living a lifestyle that is not really her true self. You would think that the extremely self destructive an outspoken do-gooder to a fault, Rogan, would be a polar opposite that would never have a chance but the history they share makes the situation of them falling for each other make sense and you keep rooting for them through every scene.
What I loved about this movie was that the cliche moments that in any other romantic comedy from yesteryear would have put the lead characters ad odds by the third act, kept happening throughout the whole movie, but instead of doing the campy thing and letting the lies, truth and haters get in their way. Theron and Rogan fight hard for their happiness and successfully get out of their own ways and allow the logical thing to them set in despite how crazy it looked to everyone else. I applaud this film and the steps the writers took. Longshot is funny as hell and a great addition to the video home library. While its in the theater, if you have not seen it with someone you love, do yourselves a favor.
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