{"id":5166,"date":"2019-03-11T20:47:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2019-05-02T22:05:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T22:05:53","slug":"long-shot-review-three-reasons-to-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/long-shot-review\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Long Shot’ Review: Three Reasons To See It"},"content":{"rendered":"

In no universe would a woman like Charlize Theron go out with a guy like Seth Rogen \u2013 at least, not in the universe of Long Shot<\/em><\/a>, the new comedy by Jonathan Levine that had its premiere at this year’s SXSW film fest. Levine’s resume may not be that long, but his working relationship with Rogen is already well-established, and it’s resulted in a filmography full of culty comedies and little charmers. My personal favorite (Warm Bodies<\/em>) doesn’t actually involve Rogen at all, but, like Long Shot<\/em>, it involves a guy \u2013 or, in this case, zombie \u2013 pursuing a woman he has no business pursuing.<\/p>\n

Long Shot<\/em> (formerly titled Flarsky<\/em><\/a>) commits even harder to this concept. Fred Flarsky (Rogen) is an outspoken journalist whose life is in shambles after he rashly quits his job at the local paper. Through a set of rom-com circumstances, he is reintroduced to his former babysitter and childhood crush, Charlotte Field (Theron), who is now the U.S. Secretary of State. She invites him to join her team as her speechwriter, and during the whirlwind trip, the two grow closer and slowly fall for each other \u2013 but him being a schlubby hot mess threatens to derail her political aspirations.<\/p>\n