Image Credit: Jessica MiglioEver since I read that It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star (and 2010 EWwy winner!) Charlie Day was a scene-stealer in Going the Distance months before its release, I’ve been waiting for the masses to discover what Sunny fans already know: He’s hilarious. Sadly, I picked the wrong time to see the movie — Saturday, in State College, Penn., when it became clear that Penn State had a victory against Youngstown State firmly in hand — and there were only five people in my matinee showing. Therefore, the only reaction I could truly gauge was that of my 63-year-old mother. I found myself repeatedly turning my head to see if she, someone who’s never seen Sunny, was enjoying him as much as I, someone who smiled the second she saw him onscreen, was. Her review: “The scene-stealer, by far. I thought he was really hysterical, especially in the toilet scene.* He’s very subtle and very sincere. He had no shame at all.”
If you saw Going the Distance, was your crowd loving Charlie Day? (He’s currently filming Horrible Bosses with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman; the new season of Sunny starts Sept. 16 on FX.) Another question: Was the film more subversive than you expected from the previews? Drew Barrymore’s character telling her friend to go enjoy being in The Accused when she insisted upon mingling at a frat boy-filled bar was my first tip that the trailers might have focused too much on the rom and not enough on the com.
* I could not be more proud of my mother.
Read more: Owen Gleiberman reviews Going the Distance
Love Charlie! Sniffing-glue, eating newspapers, illiteracy -Charlie is the scene-stealer on Sunny without a doubt. I hope he has a long career in the movies
Did you **** my mom, Santa??
I haven’t seen Going the Distance yet, but Charlie Day is so effin hysterical. his presence could make any movie worth watching.
Going the Distance was hilarious all around! I hope it gets some word of mouth.
You know what was most disturbing about this article? Reading this:
Horrible Bosses with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman
Hey, don’t knock Jason Bateman. As you can see by my user name I am in love with him.
When does his cred from Arrested Development run out?
@Shamrock: Not until his Teen Wolf 2 cred runs out first.
Whoa, dude! You MUST be the only living person who doesn’t like Jason Bateman. Congrats on the distinct honor.
actually, you’re just a distant memory. he’s with me now.
Well at least he has a back up since that lawyer took all his profits from Kitten Mittons.
I got to hang out with Charlie at Comic-Con, and I have to say he is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Celebrities can be real a-holes sometimes, but he’s one of a kind. The entire “It’s Always Sunny” cast was sweet, but he was especially endearing. He deserves way more attention than he gets for his talent, and I hope he grows even more successful!
YOU GOT TO MEET THE GANG????? I am so jealous of you!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve never seen Sunny but I’m going to have to check it out now because Charlie Day was the best part of Going The Distance. My favorite was the mustache scene and how he kept going on about baby pigeons. I would love to have him dj my life- he picked great songs!
My theater adored him – especially my mother. She’s cool like yours because now she’s just as in love with Charlie Day as I am. I made her watch “The Nightman Cometh” this weekend just so she could see him in his It’s Always Sunny glory.
He made that movie great!! It was a good movie but he truly was the hit of it.
I actually live at Penn State and went to go see this movie at a matinee on saturday as well. Loved Day. You’re not the only one!
I have to say I was super excited to see Charlie Day in ‘Going The Distance’. I was pretty pleased with the movie as a whole, but I was super pleased with Charlie. Everytime he was onscreen, I smiled! There wasn’t a huge crowd when I went to see the movie, but he did get some big laughs. Who didn’t love the toilet scene? Or, when he hugged his buddy with his eyes closed? I wish him much more success because he’s just so damn talented and awesome!
The problem is…you guy don’t know anything about bird law…
It’s a legal tender.
milk steak!
Saw the movie this weekend and it was hilarious! Charlie DJing the hookups was by far my favorite!