Going the Distance is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Nanette Burstein, written by Geoff LaTulippe, and starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long.

It follows a young couple who fall in love one summer in New York City and try to keep their long-distance relationship alive when the woman heads home to San Francisco.

After an emotional reunion, they go to Erin's sister Corrine's house, where she is staying, and start to have passionate sex on the dining room table.

The next day, they see The Boxer Rebellion perform, but Garrett is jealous Erin is friends with Damon, a handsome bartender, and eventually has to return to NYC.

Three additional songs can be accessed through a link on the CD and on the digital deluxe version: Initially, the film was to be released domestically on August 27, 2010, amid weak reviews, but Warner Bros. decided to push back its release date one week to September 3, to open on Labor Day weekend.

The site's critical consensus states: "It's timelier and a little more honest than most romantic comedies, but Drew Barrymore and Justin Long's screen chemistry doesn't make up for Going the Distance's overall flatness and convoluted story.

[11] A. O. Scott of The New York Times said the film "acknowledges both the difficulty and the comic potential of the arrangement, and does so with enough insight and charm to make you wonder why frequent-flier love is not a more popular theme in romantic comedies",[12] while Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post described it as "filthy, funny and kind of sweet".

[13] Tom Long of The Detroit News stated that the film's "constant raunch factor balances out its romantic center in a way that will likely surprise and please many",[14] and Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle that it "captures the harshness and the sweetness of our time".

[18] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune stated that "Geoff LaTulippe's story of a recession-era long-distance relationship and its hurdles takes its characters seriously", also praising Barrymore's performance,[19] for whom The Boston Globe's film critic Wesley Morris said that "is becoming a serious comedic actor".

[22] Peter Travers, writing for Rolling Stone, concluded that "Barrymore and Long are both appealing, but not enough to sustain audience interest in the cinematic equivalent of dry-humping".