Claim: Drew Barrymore starred in a film.

Going the Distance is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Nanette Burstein and written by Geoff LaTulippe . It stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long as a young couple , Erin and Garrett , who fall in love one summer in New York City and try to keep their long-distance relationship alive , when Erin heads home to San Francisco .