Long Shot

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.

Cast

Charlize Theron

as Charlotte Field

Seth Rogen

as Fred Flarsky

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

as Lance

June Diane Raphael

as Maggie Millikin

Ravi Patel

as Tom

Andy Serkis

as Parker Wembley

Bob Odenkirk

as President Chambers

Alexander Skarsgård

as Prime Minister James Steward

Tristan D. Lalla

as Agent M

Braxton Herda

as Young Fred

Reviews

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Oddly mild and politically centrist-affirming for a movie about a woman who spends the majority of the movie trying to enact a climate-benefit policy. Also kind of exists in this weird in-between purgatory world where it's "so woke" and "not like those other RomComs where the guy gets the hot girl j...

GenerationofSwine

What I hate about the political people is that the right is dissing this because of the way it starts out and the environmental policies at the heart of the campaign... and the Left is saying how horrible it is because a Republican was Black, and had a point, and was still a good person. So, once...

CinemaSerf

US Secretary of State "Charlotte Field" (Charlize Theron) has some fairly stellar approval ratings ahead of her impending bid for the Presidency when she encounters "Fred" (Seth Rogan) at a swanky soirée. She the epitome of chic, he that of chavdom. It turns out they dated many moons ago and against...

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