Drew Barrymore and Justin Long (who we probably recognise from Youth in Revolt and Serious Moonlight) have long distance relationship (2500 miles to be precise) between, San Francisco and New York; or six hours non-stop. There's nothing particularly new or interesting going on here, however.
What really upends it is the quite horrible behaviour of his friends (I'm sure we've had an unpleasant encounter with squeaky voiced Charlie Day somewhere) and her sister (Christina Applegate), who is so uptight it's like she never could laugh. I'm sure people are like that, but why writes people like that unless it's for a very good reason? It's sort of frat humour and it just isn't funny. In fact the moment the couple meet, he deliberately steps in front of her video game because he wants her off it, and she should really have said 'Fuck you' right from the word go.
The band - The Boxer Rebellion - is of course a real one.
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