Long Shot

critic Reviews

, 82% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • A sharp and deceptively layered comedy that's further fueled by the odd couple chemistry of its leads, this Long Shot largely hits its marks.
  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Richard BrodyThe New Yorker
    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.
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    David EdelsteinNew York Magazine/Vulture
    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.
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    Mark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
    Crass, but satirically-pointed...it's a film with benevolence, which likes its characters...
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    K. Austin CollinsVanity Fair
    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.
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    Charlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
    Some gags could be sharper but the gender-fluid chemistry between the leads is a joy.
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    Wendy IdeObserver (UK)
    A crowd-pleasing charm bomb of a movie that combines intelligence and a sexual spark to explosively funny ends.
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    JD DuranInSession Film
    The characters of Long Shot fly in the face of convention and deliver a breath of fresh air into a genre that has been stagnant for far too long.
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    Calum CooperSource (Scotland)
    Accompanying the actors is a sly belter of a script that weaves comedy into its setting and characters effortlessly.
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    Brittany Patrice WitherspoonPop Culture Reviews
    ...it’s nothing short of a fantastic, adventurous journey through self-discovery, romance and a little 'politicking' in between.
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    Brendan CassidyInSession Film
    You will be hard pressed to find another mainstream comedy come out this year that is as funny and charming as this one.
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