Seth Rogen-Charlize Theron rom-com Long Shot knows it’s ridiculous, and that’s why it works so well GlobeArts
kicked off its marketing campaign this spring that the online grumbles began.
By this point in his career, Rogen could mine gold in the most dusty and outdated of comedy . And here, with the gentle nudging of frequent collaborator Levine , the actor again delivers a performance that balances guttural outrage with sweetness, goofiness with sincerity. Theron, meanwhile, seems like she’s been doing this sort of smoothly confident rom-com shtick her entire career, even though this is the first time she’s been afforded such a prime opportunity.
As usual, Levine rounds out his supporting cast with a suspiciously stacked roster of comic actors – Randall Park, June Diane Raphael, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Bob Odenkirk, and Andy Serkis, the latter taking his love of heavy makeup a bit too far this time – and keeps the story moving with a breezy briskness that should be studied by any aspiring rom-com director.
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