My Review: She's Out Of My League

Review: SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE

Well, it is certainly nice to have a comedy come out that does not have the same cast as 90% of the ones out! SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE is smart and funny without repeating the same jokes that we have heard for the past year, even though it does carry a bit of that Judd Apatow flair that they ripped off a bit.

Kirk (Not our Kirk, Jay Baruchel) works in the field of airport security with his best friends Stainer (T.J. Miller), Jack (Mike Vogel) and Devon (Nate Torrence). He is obsessed with his ex-girlfriend Marnie (Lindsay Sloane), who broke up with him two years prior, but still hangs out with his family, and her new boyfriend. His life is hell. Then one day, a beautiful girl named Molly (Alice Eve) accidentally leaves her phone and Kirk promises to return it to her. When he does, she asks him to a hockey game and he discovers that she likes him. Now he is in a position where he thinks that he is in no way good enough for her, and his friends do not help with that!

Stainer is probably my favorite character in this film. He plays in a Hall and Oates tribute band, and has a dialogue that reminds me of some weird combination of Seth Rogan’s bite and Napoleon Dynamite’s voice. Baruchel has been in a ton of films, including the teen variety, and he plays awkward rather well. He and the actors that play his friends are rather entertaining to watch. Torrence rounds out the friends nicely by playing a love obsessed, clean cut boy who constantly quotes Disney movies.

Eve is a beautiful, funny girl who will make every girl in the audience take a second look in the mirror. She is extremely likeable, with a good head on her shoulders. I really like how they gave her a great sense of humor, so that she makes smart ass comments back, rather than just sitting and looking pretty. Her best friend Patty (Krysten Ritter) is quite the spitfire as well. She and Stainer have a strictly hate/hate relationship.

Is the film predictable?… Yes. Is the film still entertaining?… Yes. Although the story of the underdog getting the girl has been done a million times, the humor in this movie makes it a little less repetitive. Also, it is pretty hard to believe that a girl as beautiful as Molly would be chasing after a guy like Kirk, or any guy for that matter. The film is entertaining, but don’t expect it to top THE HANGOVER in comedy.

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5