Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.
Long Shot is a fairly standard rom-com with a political backdrop. The opposites-attract premise (scruffy progressive journalist meets polished Secretary of State) generates some good comedic tension and Seth Rogen/Charlize Theron have genuine chemistry, but the plot follows predictable genre beats closely. Acting is solid — Theron in particular elevates the material — but nothing transcends the formula. Cinematography is functional and unremarkable for the genre. Novelty is limited; the class-gap rom-com with political satire has been done before and this iteration doesn't reinvent the wheel. The ending resolves in the expected crowd-pleasing fashion without much surprise or emotional punch.