There’s a scene in the romantic comedy “Long Shot” where Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen, as the unlikely couple, cue up the 1987 ballad “It Must Have Been Love” and have a private slow dance. Veteran rom-com audiences may swoon with nostalgia. The song, by the Swedish pop duo Roxette, played near the end of “Pretty Woman” in 1990, when zillionaire Richard Gere and prostitute Julia Roberts decide to go their separate ways. It’s no coincidence. “Long Shot,” which opens May 3, is an upside-down take on “Pretty Woman.” Mr. Rogen...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 30, 2019 12:43 UTC