SYNOPSIS:
In this outrageous comedy, Kirk (Jay Baruchel, Knocked
Up, Tropic Thunder), an average guy, can't believe his luck
when the successful and gorgeous babe Molly (Alice Eve, Sex
and the City 2) falls for him. His smart-ass friends, his
crazy family, and even his obnoxious ex-girlfriend are just
as shocked as he is. Kirk goes to great lengths - including
some hardcore man-scaping - to make the relationship work
and prove that she’s not out of his league.
MOVIE REVIEW:
Are you a hard ten or a 5? Is she a hard ten or a 6?
Looks isn’t everything you might argue. You don’t judge a person by his/her looks or worse, you assign points based on the face or figure. In a perfect world, this might ring true but alas this is not the planet we are inhibiting. The filmmakers behind "She’s Out Of My League" took this premise to a higher level and churn out a romantic comedy that is worth rooting for.
Kirk (Jay Baruchel) is a dorky average lad who works at the airport security department. As a result of being a Good Samaritan, he manages to hook up with a gorgeous event planner, Molly (Alice Eve) whom to the surprise of Kirk’s bunch of friends, has interests in him. What follow is various interesting antics between Kirk and Molly that kept us glue for the next 104 minutes.
For a start to get things straight, even though Baruchel is a frequent alumnus of Apatow productions with this one consisting of elements reeking of Apatow too, this isn’t an Apatow related movie. There is a certain amount of raunchy humour presented but English director Jim Field Smith handles it with much ease and even the nudity is spared (unless you consider a rear nudity courtesy of Baruchel, stunt double to be exact).
The greatest compliment goes to the assembly of cast who portrayed likeable characters mouthing witty one-liners. Kirk’s closest friends, Stainer (T.J. Miller) is the classic loud-mouth buddy that will do anything for a friend, Devon (Nate Torrence) is a sweet portly fellow who lends a listening ear and dispenses sweet advice. Oh I shall not divulge the extend he went into helping his friend. Rounded by plentiful weirdoes such as Kirk’s ex, Marnie and her current beau Ron, Kirk’s childish brother, Dylan just to name a few that populated the movie. It’s a comedy that never falls short of perking you up.
Despite the 'fairy-tale' setting, our two leads, Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve are a pair of disarmingly sweet onscreen couple. The former stands out as an everyday man that most can relate to while Eve is simply both gorgeous and believable as a woman who plainly wants his man to love her.
"She’s Out Of My League" is hardly original given the material however what makes it shine through the crops of sex-related rom-com is the convincing portrayal of the brutally of the real-world. You give a person an invisibility score of 5 and they in turn might grade you a 4.5. Crazy but yet so true.
The movie is a little rough on certain edges but it did carry a heart-felt message of teaching you not to rely everything on looks. Hey drop that invisible rating board in your mind right now!
SPECIAL FEATURES :
Devon's Dating Show! runs 7 minutes and features Devon and Dylan in a mock talkshow that teach you how to date. Hilarious stuff.
I’m normally not a fan of Blooper reel but this one is really funny.
There are four Deleted Scenes and one Extended Ending, all with optional director commentary. Love the extended ending by the way.
Smith is a competent director though not exactly an engaging speaker as if you tune to the Audio commentary track with Director Jim Field Smith but he did covered most of the aspects of filmmaking and behind-the-scenes anecdotes for interested audience.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
The ambient effects during the hockey match and party sequence remains the most robust elements in this Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Overall, the dialogue is crisp and clear supported by nice pop music. Images and colours are pretty solid and natural and visually, delivers pretty well on a big screen LED TV.
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by Linus Tee
Posted
on 13 December 2010 |
