Going The Distance Page #2

Synopsis: Erin has just six more weeks as an intern at the New York Sentinel before she returns to San Francisco. That's fine with Garrett since he just got out of a relationship. But their relationship blossoms and it quickly becomes something that they can't just drop in six weeks. They admit to wanting to be boyfriend/girlfriend just on opposite coasts. The distance wears on them, as with their nay-saying friends and sister, and soon they are forced to either break up or come up with a solution that has them living in the same city.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Nanette Burstein
Production: New Line Cinema
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2010
102 min
$17,797,316
Website
884 Views


Erin Rankin Langford.

Nobody calls me ERL.

I'm honored, okay. I am honored.

Sh*t, what a dick. I leaned in.

I owe you a beer.

Please let me get you a beer.

Look, I'm sitting right over there,

we got a pitcher.

I'd feeI like sh*t if you don't have a beer

with me. One Centipedophile to another.

All right.

- I feeI like you're not listening to me.

- I am listening.

I'm trying to figure this out.

I can't tell if they're together.

I think they're on their first date. Tall.

Yes, I see them. They're tall.

But are you not afraid about what's-

- I bet the blond played college sports.

- Can you pay attention?

There are no baby pigeons in the city.

Not one.

You guys, uh, I want you to meet Erin.

Uh, Erin, these are my friends.

This is Box and Dan.

Hi. How are you?

- Hey.

- Hello.

I screwed up Erin's Centipede game

so I owe her a beer.

F***er put his face

in front of the game.

- What? Who does that?

Oh.

- Exactly.

- Well, it wasn't that bad.

Check, one.

Okay, everyone, people.

It is time for tonight's round

of bar trivia.

So you know the rules.

Uh, just teams of two.

No fighting, no g-

Oh! Sh*t!

Terry, I just got shocked by this mike.

Well, then don't put your face on it.

I do not have health care, Terry.

Hey, listen, these two get really moody

and emotionaI when they're separated...

- ... so do you wanna team up?

Sure.

Just don't drag me down, okay?

You don't seem very smart.

What country has the driest inhabited area

in the world?

Is it A, Syria-?

Egypt.

Okay, let me read all the choices

before you answer.

Egypt, the answer's Egypt.

Nice. Oh, my God.

What album holds the record

for most weeks on the Billboard 200?

Dark Side of the Moon.

- Terry, they keep interrupting me.

Then speak faster.

Seven hundred and 41 weeks,

in case you're curious.

You suck at everything else.

It's good you know something.

Yeah, well, I better not suck at that.

It's part of my job.

I work at DieseI Records. It's a labeI.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

The word "records"

kind of tipped me off.

What do you do for work?

I work at The New York Sentinel

newspaper.

- Oh, yeah?

- It's a newspaper.

How many different ways

can you make change for a dollar?

Ah! A dollar, if ripped, has no value.

Disqualified.

Great, nine weeks in a row.

- You got a little wing sauce, like- Um-

- Where?

Kind of in this generaI area.

The Rolling Stones took their name

from what-?

Muddy Waters!

- F*** you!

Oh, yeah.

Oh, wow.

Jesus, Snoop.

So you a big fan of Tom Cruise?

Uh, in my defense, I'm a big Top Gun fan.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah.

In fact, I like all homoerotic,

fighter-pilot movies.

- Too much? Did I lose you?

- No, no.

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Geoff LaTulippe

Geoff LaTulippe is an American screenwriter and film director best known as the writer of the 2010 film Going the Distance. more…

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