No. 36 (2019) Long Shot. April 16th.

Film No. 36 (2018) April 16th.  6:45 PM EVENT CINEMAS Innaloo.                        

"Nobody wants to follow me around the world and then want to know if I have five minutes to be affectionate." (Secretary of State Charlotte Field explains the reason for her current dating situation).

Yet another take on Notting Hill, Pretty Woman, and maybe a little of Shrek. But don't get me wrong, Long Shot does have a unique quality which suddenly catches us with a belly laugh or two via the script. So the fairy tale goes like this, the beautiful Secretary of State, Charlotte Field (Theron), is advised by her egocentric president that he wants to pursue a career in acting (gives him a higher profile) and he would therefore endorse her for election as President in 2020. It's all her dreams come true, but before that happens, we need to accompany her on a road trip (world tour) to sell her three point environmental initiative to the world. To do that she needs to choose a speech writer, a writer to give her ideals some punch! Enter ugly duckling Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogan) and, small world moment; Charlotte was Fred's babysitter, and boy, did he have the hots for her. It's a long shot that he'll ever be able to hook up with the Sec of State but gee - did Will woo Anna Scott in Notting Hill? Silly, funny at times, likable enough but the F*ck's and Mother F's as punctuation for a majority of the script wear thin. Enjoyable but like heavily packaged fast-food, easily forgotten. 8GUMS.