Going the Distance (2004): Dir: Mark Griffiths / Cast: Christopher Jacot, Joanne Kelly, Shawn Roberts, Ryan Belleville, Jason Priestley: With Avril Lavigne making a cameo the studio hopes to lure in the teens that make up most of her fan base. Unfortunately they fail to mention the content that features jokes about oral sex and location shots in strip clubs. It is a trashy teen comedy about goals as our young lead treks to Toronto in an R.V. to propose to his girlfriend who is attending the Much Music Video Awards with a sleazy producer. His parents dislike the girl so they hire someone to prevent them from hitting their destination. Along the way they pick up two female hitchhikers who just happen to be singers. How convenient that must be. Standard road movie descends into a series of vulgar situations. Director Mark Griffiths does his best and features fine footage of the video awards with celebrity cameos. Cast of unknowns include Christopher Jacot, Joanne Kelly, Shawn Roberts, and Ryan Belleville who are cast as the basic teen movie stereotypes of little brains. Jason Priestley even makes a desperate cameo taking the stage and allowing his career to slowly die within this shame. Everything save for the video award show has been done before in movies every bit as bad as this one. Viewers should go the distance to place this pointless vulgar mess in the trash. Score: 3 / 10
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