After being pushed back one week, we now have a second trailer for the romantic comedy Going the Distance. Buffalo native Nanette Burstein is stepping into narrative feature territory after directing the documentary American Teen in 2008. This film stars Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston and Charlie Day. I have my screening tomorrow night, so I’ll wait on the trailer. You can check it out yourselves below via Yahoo.
Plot: Erin’s (Drew Barrymore) wry wit and unfiltered frankness charm newly single Garrett (Justin Long) over beer, bar trivia and breakfast the next morning. Their chemistry sparks a full-fledged summer fling, but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett stays behind for his job in New York City. But when six weeks of romping through the city inadvertently become meaningful, neither is sure they want it to end. And while Garrett’s friends, Box (Jason Sudeikis) and Dan (Charlie Day), joke about his pre-flight calorie-cutting and his full-time relationship with his cell phone, they don’t like losing their best drinking buddy to yet another rocky romance. At the same time, Erin’s high-strung, overprotective married sister, Corrine (Christina Applegate), wants to keep Erin from heading down an all-too-familiar road. But despite the opposite coasts, the nay-saying friends and family, and a few unexpected temptations, the couple just might have found something like love, and with the help of a lot of texting, sexting and late-night phone calls, they might actually go the distance.
Going the Distance hits theaters Sept. 3rd (don’t believe the poster above).
What do you think of the trailer?