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''Going the Distance'' is a 2010 RomCom starring Creator/DrewBarrymore and Creator/JustinLong. Erin (Barrymore) and Garrett (Long) start a relationship in New York while she is there for three months, working as an intern for a newspaper. They continue their relationship when she returns home to the West Coast. The movie follows their efforts to keep their relationship alive despite the obstacles.

Not to be confused with the Film/NationalLampoon film of the same name.
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!!This film contains examples of:
%% * [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: The Boxer Rebellion.
* BigApplesauce: The film starts in New York.
* BigSisterInstinct: Corrine towards Erin.
-->'''Corrine''': [''to Garrett''] Don't break [Erin's] heart, okay? Or I'll cut your balls off. I'm not fucking kidding.
%% * BrickJoke: "Maya, statue!"
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Maya, who asks if her mother is okay when she hears screaming (due to her aunt and her boyfriend walking on her parents dry-humping). Of course, everyone tries to save her innocence by refraining her to see that view.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: As if Dan's Charlie Chaplin/Hitler mustache wasn't bad enough, he had to be seen by a bunch of jews.
%% * TheCutie: Maya, Erin's niece.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Box, courtesy of being portrayed by Creator/JasonSudeikis.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Erin is torn between her dream job and moving to New York to be with Garret, [[spoiler:Garrett breaks up with her so she can pursue her career without any regrets.]]
* ImplausibleDeniability: When Erin and Garrett walk in on Corrine and Phil dry humping:
-->'''Garrett''': Were you guys... are you dry humping?
-->'''Phil''': [''who's clearly on top of Corrine with his clothes on''] ... no.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Many, many times. From Dan DJ'ing Erin and Garrett's first hook-up, to her sister walking in on them having sex on her dinner table... and her husband eating a midnight snack, to them walking in on Erin's sister and brother-in-law dry-humping.
%% * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Played for laughs when Dan DJ's their hook-up.
%% * LongDistanceRelationship: The basis of the plot.
* MaybeEverAfter: The movie ends with Erin and Garrett giving a second chance to their relationship.
* NeatFreak: Poor Corrine, who cleans her kitchen table about a hundred times after seeing her sister and Garrett have sex on it. No matter how many times she cleans it, she'll always see it as filthy.
%% * ShipperOnDeck: Dan, who even [=DJs=] Erin and Garrett's first hook-up.
%% * ThoseTwoGuys: Garrett's friends Dan and Box.
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