NY1 Movie Review: "She's Out Of My League"
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In the spirit of such movies as "American Pie" comes a new comedy called "She's Out Of My League" that doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel.
Kirk is sort of a loser. He's a really nice guy, but he's been recently dumped by his girlfriend, is unhappy with his dead-end job working at airport security and he gets very little respect from his idiotic friends.
Yet Kirk's luck soon changes, when he comes across the lost cell phone of a beautiful blonde. Molly is gorgeous who really is "out of his league," so when she expresses an interest in Kirk, no one is more amazed at this than Kirk himself.
The two start hanging out and Kirk introduces her to his dimwitted family, who are also in shock that a stunning girl like this could possibly be interested in him. Molly's best friend also doesn't quite get it.
As the movie unfolds, Kirk's insecurities are in full force, not being able to quite handle the fact that he's going out with such a beautiful girl. In the right hands, this decent premise could have turned out a lot better. Unfortunately, the director and screenwriters only gave a few, all-too-brief endearing moments and very limited laughs.
What the filmmakers instead opted for are raunchy sex comedy scenes are not at all believable, even less funny and kind of cringe-inducing.
The characters of Kirk and Molly are fleshed out decently and the actors who play them, Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve, lend a certain charm and credibility to their performances. But they're saddled with really mediocre material and a cast of stereotypical, unrealistic supporting characters who spew forth a lot of cliched dialogue.
The predictable results have been seen many times before in other movies of this type. The bottom line is that "She's Out Of My League" has some appeal that is mostly brought by the two leads, but there's not nearly enough of it. Too often, it's dumbed-down, idiotic, very lowbrow comedy, and if you're looking for some laughs, you'd be better suited to look elsewhere.
Neil Rosen's Big Apple Rating: 1.5 Apples