Going the Distance
2004 Comedy
boobs. penis. fart. poop. horny. naked. sex. blow jobs. pussy. condom. anus. dildo. drugs. marijuana. more sex. more blow jobs. what. the. fuck?
does canada feel it has to redeem itself from a lack of “coming of age” movies and put out a film like this? CHUM limited, the canadian media company that made going the distance, can’t seem to churn out an original movie to make canada proud. so, it instead borrows ideas from movies like american pie and road trip. as if we needed more proof that our country is just america, jr.
the acting? terrible. stock characters played out with minimal humour. cowboy hat guy needs to lose the cowboy hat; i liked him better when he was called stifler. wow, some guy gets a blow job under the dinner table! no movie has ever done that before! sweet, sensitive guy christopher jacot was the only eye candy throughout the entire film, and even he is a rip-off of another american. the only semi-cool member of the cast is mayko nguyen, and that’s only because she’s from vancouver. the gratuitous advertising of muchmusic made me want to boycott it for life. avril lavigne also goes, like, totally hardc0re, asks for beer, and, when not given beer, pours water on cowboy hat guy’s crotch! HAHAHA! will the hilarity ever end? no, wait! here’s a fatter, uglier jason priestley to add to the mix!
the reason i’m not giving this a full-out F is that there were some admittedly funny parts in the film, most of which are blatant copies of other jokes from other films that managed to get it right. also, it was nice to see a movie that captured the different canadian environments, spanning from vancouver island to newfoundland.