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Craig Younkin
Movie Review
She's Out of My League
By Craig Younkin Published March 12, 2010
US Release: March 12, 2010
Directed by: Jim Field Smith
Starring: Jay Baruchel , Mike Vogel , Alice Eve , T.J. Miller
R for language and sexual content.
Running Time: 104 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $31,584,722
Directed by: Jim Field Smith
Starring: Jay Baruchel , Mike Vogel , Alice Eve , T.J. Miller
R for language and sexual content.
Running Time: 104 minutes
Domestic Box Office: $31,584,722
B
The way the scrawny, nervous, and unconfident Baruchel interacts with Eve is very likable and they do a nice job of handling the ups and downs of forming an honest relationship.
“She’s out of My League” is a solid 7, a romantic comedy that scores a few good laughs and does a nice job of being convincing. Jay Baruchel ("Tropic Thunder") stars as Kirk, a pathetic dork with the build of Woody Allen who works a menial job in airport security. Through a cell-phone mishap, he winds up at a party being thrown by Molly (Alice Eve), a 10 on the very attractive scale. He knows she’s way more attractive than him and she knows he’s normally not the guy she would usually date but Molly looks deep down and sees Kirk for the nice, unthreatening guy he is and they hit it off.
There are some funny moments here. Kirk’s family is especially demeaning to him (they even embrace his bitchy ex-girlfriend as one of their own) and his friends are clueless match-makers, which leads to a very funny man-scaping scene between Kirk and one of them. What works best in “League” is just listening to people talk though. Kirk’s friends (played by Mike Vogel, Nate Torrance, and T.J Miller) are identifiable idiots, too wrapped up in over-thinking things like the rating scale (both their number and womens) and Disney fairy-tales to really understand women. Their scenes with Kirk are enjoyably like a crude, vulgar, sexual “Breakfast Club." The way the scrawny, nervous, and unconfident Baruchel interacts with the beautiful and engaging Eve is also very likable and they do a nice job of handling the ups and downs of forming an honest, meaningful relationship (an almost foreign concept in today’s star-packaged romantic comedies). The way they finally handle the elephant in the room is also very effective. This is feel-good stuff, but it works.
There are some funny moments here. Kirk’s family is especially demeaning to him (they even embrace his bitchy ex-girlfriend as one of their own) and his friends are clueless match-makers, which leads to a very funny man-scaping scene between Kirk and one of them. What works best in “League” is just listening to people talk though. Kirk’s friends (played by Mike Vogel, Nate Torrance, and T.J Miller) are identifiable idiots, too wrapped up in over-thinking things like the rating scale (both their number and womens) and Disney fairy-tales to really understand women. Their scenes with Kirk are enjoyably like a crude, vulgar, sexual “Breakfast Club." The way the scrawny, nervous, and unconfident Baruchel interacts with the beautiful and engaging Eve is also very likable and they do a nice job of handling the ups and downs of forming an honest, meaningful relationship (an almost foreign concept in today’s star-packaged romantic comedies). The way they finally handle the elephant in the room is also very effective. This is feel-good stuff, but it works.
Craig's Grade: B
Craig's Overall Grading: 340 graded movies
| A | 10.9% | |
| B | 41.8% | |
| C | 31.8% | |
| D | 15.3% | |
| F | 0.3% |
