The Unlikely Romance and Politics in 'Long Shot' | Sojourners

The Unlikely Romance and Politics in 'Long Shot'

Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen in The Long Shot. Photo via Long Shot Movie on Facebook.

There are moments in Long Shot, the new comedy in which Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen fall for each other, save the country from dehumanizing polarization, and (maybe) the planet from dehumanized humans, in which I wondered if I was watching something as good as Tootsie. It’s really easy to make a slapstick joke, but really hard to integrate dozens of them into a coherent work (there’s a reason the Marx Brothers don’t have many heirs); and it’s even harder to weave comic tropes into a story that also manages to feel like real life.

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