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2	''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.
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4	Not to be confused with the Film/NationalLampoon film of the same name.
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6	!!This film contains examples of:
7	%% * [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: The Boxer Rebellion.
8	* BigApplesauce: The film starts in New York.
9	* BigSisterInstinct: Corrine towards Erin.
10	-->'''Corrine''': [''to Garrett''] Don't break [Erin's] heart, okay? Or I'll cut your balls off. I'm not fucking kidding.
11	%% * BrickJoke: "Maya, statue!"
12	* 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.
13	* CrossesTheLineTwice: As if Dan's Charlie Chaplin/Hitler mustache wasn't bad enough, he had to be seen by a bunch of jews.
14	%% * TheCutie: Maya, Erin's niece.
15	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Box, courtesy of being portrayed by Creator/JasonSudeikis.
16	* 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.]]
17	* ImplausibleDeniability: When Erin and Garrett walk in on Corrine and Phil dry humping:
18	-->'''Garrett''': Were you guys... are you dry humping?
19	-->'''Phil''': [''who's clearly on top of Corrine with his clothes on''] ... no.
20	* 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.
21	%% * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Played for laughs when Dan DJ's their hook-up.
22	%% * LongDistanceRelationship: The basis of the plot.
23	* MaybeEverAfter: The movie ends with Erin and Garrett giving a second chance to their relationship.
24	* 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.
25	%% * ShipperOnDeck: Dan, who even [=DJs=] Erin and Garrett's first hook-up.
26	%% * ThoseTwoGuys: Garrett's friends Dan and Box.

Context Film / GoingTheDistance