Long Shot

Unlikely but not impossible.

In some ways a twist on Notting Hill, we follow a talented but bumbling journalist, who happens to reconnect with the woman who used to babysit him as a child. She’s now a powerful diplomat about to run for President, and she impulsively hires him as her speech-writer. He is completely out of his depth in her social circles, and his boyhood crush on her is still lingering, which eventually leads to sparks flying as they engage in an around-the-world romance.

123 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Prejudice, Drug abuse).
Comedy, Romance.

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Credits

Cast	Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis
Director	Jonathan Levine
Screenplay	Dan Sterling, Liz Hannah
Music	Marco Beltrami, Miles Hankins
Cinematography	Yves Bélanger
Editing	Melissa Bretherton, Evan Henke
Made in	2019
Produced by	Denver and Delilah Productions, Good Universe, Point Grey Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Romantic comedy
Language	Frequently shows impact in swearing content.
Nudity	None
Sex	None (sic)
Violence	None.
Prejudice	Fairly frequent, moderate impact.
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for strong sexual content, language throughout and some drug use
Runtime	125
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Onpaar paar kielie die kieliebak	10
24.com Herman Eloff I highly recommend this film and think it's totally worth a trip to the cinema.	20
Metacritic.com 45 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 251 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
CommonSenseMedia Joyce Slaton Mature but easygoing comedy has drugs, language.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 56 users	13
Rottentomatoes users 957 users	13
IMDB 10,207 Netizens	14
The Movie DB Community	13
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	14
Average .. 68%	14