Long Shot

The movie's lack of political substance empties out the relationship at its center; having little to work with and little to hold them together, the actors appear to be meeting each other for the first time in every scene.

I generally like Rogen a lot but this performance is bad - worse than it even seems because of the drain it is on the movie.

Crass, but satirically-pointed...it's a film with benevolence, which likes its characters...

Rogen, Theron, and a handy cast of supporting stars (including June Diane Raphael and O'shea Jackson Jr. as Fields's hands-on head of staff and Fred's jovial best friend, respectively) make the movie float where its vague satire sinks.

Some gags could be sharper but the gender-fluid chemistry between the leads is a joy.

A crowd-pleasing charm bomb of a movie that combines intelligence and a sexual spark to explosively funny ends.

However political it may get, and no matter how impossible the pairing may seem romantically, it all works in those fantastical and endearing ways a good romantic comedy should.

It actually turns out to be a surprisingly funny, really well-paced... romantic comedy.

Proof that romantic comedy can still be smart and refreshing...

Long Shot openly acknowledges racial bias using a tone that edges toward satire. However, there is no real attempt at a remedy.