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    Written September 8, 2010
    • Five Word Movie Review

      Too Many F******G Swear Words!!

    by msfit08
    • 8 out of 11 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written September 3, 2010

    Quirky, refreshing, adorable, surprising. HILARIOUS. Tons of fun.

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    This movie was definitely Knocked Up meets When Harry Met Sally. It's smart and believable, the actors are real and I didn't check my phone once which is saying a lot for me considering I'm constantly doing it. My MOTHER and I both enjoyed it, yeah it was dirty in parts but FUN dirty - I am so glad I went and saw this movie. Best Rom Com since 500 Days of Summer. Justin Long and Drew Barrymore have some serious movie magic happening in this one(: GO SEE IT.

    • 6 out of 8 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written October 14, 2010

    NOT FOR SENIORS

    Right from the beginning this film used shocking language and disgusting discussions. We kept hoping Drew Barrymore would clean it up. It only got worse! If this is mature, we're too young for this kind of movie.

    • 6 out of 8 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written September 9, 2010

    I'd wait to see it on HBO...or cable

    The story was there, but a bit choppy, and the charcaters could have been fleshed out more. Granted, it was a Rom Comedy, not a drama. Since I had nothing better to do that night, not a bad use of time. I'd see it again, but wouldn't go out of my way to.

    • 6 out of 8 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written September 23, 2010
    • Five Word Movie Review

      Cute... But Not Watch Again

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    • 6 out of 9 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written September 18, 2010

    terrific!

    i LOVED it...very very funny..the worked great together. for me, at least it was unpredictable...such is life! go see it for a great laugh!

    • 8 out of 14 found this review helpful.
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    Written September 18, 2010

    Fun.

    by dmaslyn

    This wasn't Oscar material but it was fun enough. (Better than many recent so-called romantic comedies.) Barrymore and Long were believable enough. Applegate and Gaffigan in their supporting parts added to the film too... understated funny (Would've LOVED more of both of them. Some funny and off the wall scenes made us laugh. We liked Long's roommate's "soundtrack" from the next room, the spray tanning, the dining room scene and the follow up Thanksgiving dinner scene. (Not kids appropriate with some of the sex scenes.) We liked it! And we say "go".

    • 8 out of 15 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written October 1, 2010

    Going The Distance (well almost)

    This movie almost went the distance. Boy meets girl. Both agree that it is necessarily a short term thing. Boy and girl fall in love. Girl moves away, so they do the long distance thing for what is supposed to be a year. Then life happens, so what to do? It was at that maybe we should break up phase when wreeeepppp, the movie broke down. No happy ending, no tragic ending. Just no ending. A broken movie with an unresolved relationship is like life sometimes, I suppose. It just isn't very satisfying. I was given another ticket, but somehow movie interruptus is about as satisfying as...well, you know.

    I liked that it was a fairly light, predictable movie with a happy feel to it. Yeah, sometimes people just want to escape to a happy place. Comedy worked most of the time. I could have skipped some of scenes; bathroom humor isn't my thing; gratuitous drug use wasn't necessary either.

    • 5 out of 9 found this review helpful.
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    Written October 6, 2010

    Going the Distance

    I thought it was very funny. I love Christine Applegate's charactor...laughed through most of it. The roommate Dan is awesome too!

    • 3 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written September 4, 2010
    • Five Word Movie Review

      CUTE MOVIE BUT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE

    by galosk
    • 4 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written September 6, 2010

    Not one of Drew Barrymore's better films

    I was hoping for a light, romantic "chick-flick" but got a "so-so" romance with a constant flow of the "F" word. The excessive foul language ruined the movie. Really a waste of money.

    • 5 out of 9 found this review helpful.
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  • I'll Pass
    Written August 25, 2010

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  • I'll Pass
    Written July 17, 2010
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  • I'll Pass
    Written August 14, 2010

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    Written September 12, 2010

    Funny

    Worth the $5 I paid to see it. Our of the fives moives this month I watched, this was the only funny one.
    If you can see it at a good price, less than $8, go see it.

    • 2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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