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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. |
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