She’s Out of My League
Posted by admin | Posted in Movies | Posted on 28-05-2011
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Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 06/22/2010 Run time: 104 minutes Rating: RAmazon.com
A gorgeous girl takes an interest in an ordinary guy in She’s Out of My League, only to find their relationship questioned, criticized, and outright scoffed at by their friends and families. When airport security guard Kirk (Jay Baruchel, best known from supporting roles in Knocked Up and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) recovers the cell phone of knockout… More >>
Ok, we’ve all seen this story before. average guy gets the hot chick, an unbelievably hot chick I might add. Its the same storyline in a lot of romantic comedies, but what keeps us from going to watch them when we know they are all alike? They each have there own little twist. The particular twist in League is that the guy is an unattractive Security worker at an airport who meets the hot chick by a series of events that we all wish would happen (dont deny it you guys we all wish life worked like it does in the movies). Anyway, after seeing the previews your either thinking ‘Hmmm… this might be a good movie’ or ‘OH GOD another stupid comedy about a loser and a girl’ there is no ‘WOW, this looks amazing’ crowd. I was in the group that thought it looked good, so I had to check it out for myself. I was downright happy with this movie. It was funny, it was loving, not to mention the disney movie references the fat guy kept making. I dont think I’m the only one who thought Stainer, one of the friends in the movie, had a Napolean Dynamite vibe to him. The way he talked and looked just screamed ‘Frickin Idiot’. It was good enough to see twice ad it is good enough to be going in my dvd collection when it comes out. I gave it 4 stars because lets face it, its been done before, and I can’t help but to think that its just gonna make all the single unattractive guys out there feel a little down!
Rating: 4 / 5
When I started to see the previews for the film, I thought it could be a nice mid day typical funny movie. However I was laughing so hard, and when it was over I knew I had to see it again soon. This movie is so funny and because of the somewhat unknown cast, the jokes became funnier.
Rating: 5 / 5
Emaciated and timid, Kirk (Jay Barachul) is a man who is referred to by his friends as a moodle – man poodle. He’s the fixer-upper who never gets the girls. When graded by his friend Stainer (TJ Miller), the best Kirk can be is a 6 out of 10, and that’s being generous considering his atrocious car. It’s Kirk’s fortuitous encounter with Molly (Alice Eve), however, that begins to change not only his mind, but the opinions of his unsupportive friends and family.
Filmed in Pittsburgh – Primanti Brothers and Mellon Arena are highlighted – the movie really comes off as genuine. Sure, the hot chick never goes for the guy who is so skinny his nipples touch, but it was even less believable thanr that execrable disgrace The New Guy; somehow it worked, and it even had a little Serendipity vibe to it. Tal Bachman said it best with their definitive song: “She’s so high above me, she’s so lovely.” She’s too good for him, yet realism oozes out of the movie.
Perhaps it’s because the actors played who they actually probably are in real life. Alice Eve looks like she has always been the over-achieving cheerleading captain who buckles men’s knees, so the role was probably not a stretch. Similarly, there is no doubt in my mind that Jay Barachul has received multiple toilet swirlies in his time. Stealing every scene, however, is TJ Miller. What a cool, socially aware Napoleon Dynamite might be, Miller is hilarious, and looks like the guy who got big laughs since he was a child. For such a young, somewhat inexperienced cast, there are no lulls or weak links.
The one glaring flaw in the screenplay (other than the aforementioned improbable skinny dude and hot chick connection) is an uncomfortable ball shaving scene – the most unbelievable scene in movie history. Yes, more unbelievable than Ben Affleck as an oil worker who goes into outerspace as a temp astronaut to land on an asteroid and mine into it to deposit a bomb which will split the asteroid – which is the size of Texas – into multiple pieces that will narrowly miss the Earth and avoid an extinction level event.
Fun, quick-moving, and worth the time. I recommend it, even if it does toe the line of chick flick.
Jason Elin
Rating: 4 / 5
I love this movie. My son and I went to see this in the theatre and laughed the whole time. We laughed as we walked out of the movie and laughed about it weeks later. You have your ugly duckling guy who scores a date with a very hot girl, who is trying something different from the normal guy she dates. Said ugly duckling has to go through a series of completely embarassing moments and three friends telling him the girl is too hot for him. Needless to say there are so many moments that just have you laughing out loud. If you like a good adult romantic comedy then you will like this movie. I can not wiat to see it againa and again in my home when it gets here.
Rating: 5 / 5
The main actor is cute. The main actress is lovely. The supporting cast is great. The details are wonderful, despite the old fashioned fairy tale. I really get a lot of good laughs from it. I admit that my very low expectation did allow me to enjoy this movie more. No matter what, a good rental after a hard day’s work. Recommended!
Rating: 4 / 5