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She's Out of My League
A romantic comedy about an average Joe (Jay Baruchel) who meets the perfect woman (Starter for 10's Alice Eve), and is absolutely ecstatic about it. Unfortunately, his lack of confidence and the influence of his friends and family begin to pick away at the relationship. Can he keep the girl of his dreams?
Starring Jay Baruchel, Mike Vogel, Krysten Ritter, Lindsay Sloane, Alice Eve, Debra Jo Rupp
Directed by Jim Field Smith (feature debut)
Written by Sean Anders, John Morris
Romantic Comedy | 1hr 45mins | Rated (R16) | Contains Offensive Language & Sexual Themes | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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3
Some half-way decent character comedy props up this otherwise pretty frivolous outing that marks burgeoning star Jay Baruchel’s first cinematic leading role.
Baruchel has appeared in numerous Judd Apatow projects, so it’s no huge surprise that this film is clearly influenced by the Apatow style. This is particularly true in the scenes featuring our protagonist Kirk and his three buddies, which comprise the best moments of the film. They dissect their pal’s good fortune with an Apatow-esque mixture of sweetness and foulness. The fact that none of these four actors are particularly recognisable only helps their easy chemistry.
The chemistry doesn’t flow quite as easily between Baruchel and his leading lady, Brit Alice Eve (Starter for 10). The premise hinges on her genuinely liking Kirk but the film never displays any real rapport between the two, save for a perfunctory date montage. Eve acquits herself with dignity, but she is constantly upstaged by perennial 'best friend' co-star Krysten Ritter (Confessions of a Shopaholic).
Although the film sells itself as a bawdy comedy, there are only two gross out moments; both were revealed in the trailer and seem out of place in the finished movie.
Despite its shortcomings, She’s Out Of My League remains amiable enough and Baruchel shows that he can carry a movie. It’s worthy of several chuckles and a snicker or two, but there are no guffaws to be found here.SHARE:
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Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is not a comedy classic. But in a genre where so many movies struggle to lift themselves from zero to one, it's about, oh, a six point five.
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Los Angeles Times
What he (Jay Baruchel) brings to She's Out of My League, in addition to the geek and the gawk, is a dash of the debonair, which might seem impossible and yet he does.
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New York Post
Scenes that should be grotesquely funny deliver only chuckles rather than a big payoff.
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The Hollywood Reporter
What threatened to be yet another routine exercise in raunchiness instead turns out to be a sweet, charming, hilariously funny love story that could emerge as a sleeper hit.
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TV3 (Kate Rodger)
2
Not funny enough for me, in fact not really funny at all.
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tvnz.co.nz (Darren Bevan)
3
Jay Baruchel stars as Kirk, a weedy airport worker, whos downtrodden at work and unlucky in love.
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USA Today
Plausibility aside, the key to making the scenario work is comedy. Much can be forgiven if it delivers enough laughs. That's the main problem here. It's short on clever humor and big on convention and formula.
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Variety (USA)
This appealingly cast movie seesaws from unlikely thoughtfulness to imbecilic vulgarity.
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Washington Post
There are only two really good jokes -- or two really gross ones, depending on your sensibility -- in She's Out of My League. Both of them are stolen.
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