Shes Out Of My League

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Debera Rockmore says...

This was a funny movie, I was very surprised.The comedy and writing didn't insult your intelligence, but managed to make me smile or laugh all the way through the movie.Great guy meets girl, guy loses girl, guy gets girl back comedy.

Posted on August 4, 2011

Petronila Demeglio says...

I've got to say, I was thoroughly surprised at how much fun this movie was to watch. Okay, so we've seen it a gazillion times before, right? Ugly, "hard five out of ten," nerd-guy gets the hot chick. Does that happen in real life? Rarely, if at all...young women like that are, on a typical basis, highly conceited, to the point of the conceit being so over-the-top that it overshadows any good looks they may actually possess, and in the process, making them uglier than the nerd-girls. In Hollywood, though, it seems to happen ALL of the time...those lucky nerd-guys!



In this case, the woman's (the remarkably gorgeous Alice Eve) conceit is prevalent, but coupled with humility, lands on a much lesser scale than the typical narcissistic hottie, and the nerd-guy (the very talented Jay Baruchel) experiences a high-level inferiority complex whenever he is with her.



What makes this movie stand out above the others of similar fare is, far and above, the exceptional casting. EVERY actor is perfect for his or her role...the nerd buddies, the hottie's girlfriends, the moms and dads and the rest of the families. I will reiterate, EVERY actor is exceedingly perfect for their role.The story line moves with a pace that is easy to travel with. I didn't even want to get up to get a drink without pausing the movie first, simply because I didn't want to miss anything. "She's Out Of My League" was rife with one-liners and crazy comedy in addition to a wonderfully told and acted storyline. Throughout the movie you'll find yourself pulling for the poor nerd as he experiences feelings and emotions he has never had to experience, especially when he has to deal with said feelings and emotions. I could go on, but you should do the rest yourself; you'll be glad you did.



Excellent movie, you will not be disappointed!

Posted on August 5, 2011

Monica Purpura says...

This has all the makings of a chick flick except the male is in the traditional role of the chick. Kirk, our male lead (nice guy loser)has a circle of male friends who reminded me of something out of Sex and the City. Through a series of unlikely circumstances Kirk starts dating a hot chick named Molly, who has looks, money, and can speak hockey. Which to you girls is like a guy who knows name brand clothes. The plot is as predictable as a James Cameron film. The jokes at times, are far from fresh. Yet it seems to work. Kirk brings Molly home to meet his folks and have dinner. This is perhaps the best family dinner since the Murphy's Nutty Professor and it didn't rely on toilet humor for it. It does have some fresh scenes during the predicatble plot. I can't believe Kirk would drop the f-bomb in front of Molly. I thought he would have a little more control and respect. That didn't work for me. The lessons of this story is that NASCAR guys get NASCAR girls and nice losers get hot chicks because hot chicks are tired of rich good looking studs. And the sad truth to this is that the best way to get a girlfriend is to already have a girlfriend because women only want what other women have. Maybe that is why I live with cats. No nudity.

Posted on August 5, 2011

Matthew Sodomka says...

When I started to see the previews for the film, I thought it could be a nice mid day typical funny movie. However I was laughing so hard, and when it was over I knew I had to see it again soon. This movie is so funny and because of the somewhat unknown cast, the jokes became funnier.

Posted on August 6, 2011

Billie Schabel says...

Premise of the movie

Basically a hot chick is into a nerd and no one can understand why so the whole movie is him and others figuring out why she is into him.



I thought that this was going to be an ok movie but it was hilarious. I would rank it as one of the funniest I have seen all year. The awkwardness that the man character feels and his friends is classic and a movie that I will watch more than 2 times. I will definitely keep this one. I dont like to give too much of the movie away but I really wish that they would have made the family trip with the hot girlfriend. When he takes her to dinner I laughed so hard.



Sit back and enjoy.

Posted on August 6, 2011

Carita Aravjo says...

I love this movie. My son and I went to see this in the theatre and laughed the whole time. We laughed as we walked out of the movie and laughed about it weeks later. You have your ugly duckling guy who scores a date with a very hot girl, who is trying something different from the normal guy she dates. Said ugly duckling has to go through a series of completely embarassing moments and three friends telling him the girl is too hot for him. Needless to say there are so many moments that just have you laughing out loud. If you like a good adult romantic comedy then you will like this movie. I can not wiat to see it againa and again in my home when it gets here.

Posted on August 6, 2011

Kathryn Spillett says...

Most comedies out there today are complete and utter garbage. Most romantic comedies could be written by brain-dead zombies and have more originality. After watching hours of that drivel (my wife likes them), She's Out of My League was refreshing. For the first time in far too long, I laughed out loud at a romantic comedy. The movie was genuinely funny, meaningful, and not always predictable.



Despite the scenario (hot girl, deadbeat guy), She's Out of My League doesn't peddle the usual bromides about "love being blind" or "good things happen to good people." Rather, it's about self-esteem. This makes the characters and plot more interesting and subtle. I'm not going to claim that there's Oscar-winning character development in She's Out of My League, but Molly, the hot girl, and Kirk, the not so hot guy, do seem like realistic personalities. Kirk does not "refashion" himself into a stud (although there is one incident with shaving a certain area...). Molly isn't the "perfect" hot girl, but has insecurities of her own and a need to play it safe. They're helped by a decent script with dialogue that doesn't seem too forced or awkward (except for the cursing - see below). It is kind of possible to see why they fall in love with each other - it makes sense in a way that most romantic comedies don't.



My only problem with the movie is the overload of cursing and sex references. I understand that's standard fare in most comedies nowadays. Frankly, I found most of it funny. Sometimes, however, it just became too much (how many times do you really need to drop the f-bomb? You don't actually need it to express anger in every scene). It got to a point where it seemed like the scriptwriters couldn't think of anything better to fill the space. Fortunately, this doesn't take away from the movie too much, but it might not be a good idea to watch this with anybody who's sensitive about those sorts of things.



She's Out of My League had real potential, and I'd like to see more work from this set of directors, scriptwriters, and actors (well, maybe better scriptwriters). Overall, 4 stars.

Posted on August 8, 2011

Agripina Lobendahn says...

Emaciated and timid, Kirk (Jay Barachul) is a man who is referred to by his friends as a moodle - man poodle.He's the fixer-upper who never gets the girls.When graded by his friend Stainer (TJ Miller), the best Kirk can be is a 6 out of 10, and that's being generous considering his atrocious car.It's Kirk's fortuitous encounter with Molly (Alice Eve), however, that begins to change not only his mind, but the opinions of his unsupportive friends and family.



Filmed in Pittsburgh - Primanti Brothers and Mellon Arena are highlighted - the movie really comes off as genuine.Sure, the hot chick never goes for the guy who is so skinny his nipples touch, but it was even less believable thanr that execrable disgrace The New Guy; somehow it worked, and it even had a little Serendipity vibe to it.Tal Bachman said it best with their definitive song: "She's so high above me, she's so lovely."She's too good for him, yet realism oozes out of the movie.



Perhaps it's because the actors played who they actually probably are in real life.Alice Eve looks like she has always been the over-achieving cheerleading captain who buckles men's knees, so the role was probably not a stretch.Similarly, there is no doubt in my mind that Jay Barachul has received multiple toilet swirlies in his time.Stealing every scene, however, is TJ Miller.What a cool, socially aware Napoleon Dynamite might be, Miller is hilarious, and looks like the guy who got big laughs since he was a child.For such a young, somewhat inexperienced cast, there are no lulls or weak links.



The one glaring flaw in the screenplay (other than the aforementioned improbable skinny dude and hot chick connection) is an uncomfortable ball shaving scene - the most unbelievable scene in movie history.Yes, more unbelievable than Ben Affleck as an oil worker who goes into outerspace as a temp astronaut to land on an asteroid and mine into it to deposit a bomb which will split the asteroid - which is the size of Texas - into multiple pieces that will narrowly miss the Earth and avoid an extinction level event.



Fun, quick-moving, and worth the time.I recommend it, even if it does toe the line of chick flick.



Jason Elin

Posted on August 8, 2011

Glennis Struebing says...

Ok, we've all seen this story before. average guy gets the hot chick, an unbelievably hot chick I might add. Its the same storyline in a lot of romantic comedies, but what keeps us from going to watch them when we know they are all alike? They each have there own little twist.The particular twist in League is that the guy is an unattractive Security worker at an airport who meets the hot chick by a series of events that we all wish would happen (dont deny it you guys we all wish life worked like it does in the movies). Anyway, after seeing the previews your either thinking 'Hmmm... this might be a good movie' or 'OH GOD another stupid comedy about a loser and a girl' there is no 'WOW, this looks amazing' crowd. I was in the group that thought it looked good, so I had to check it out for myself. I was downright happy with this movie. It was funny, it was loving, not to mention the disney movie references the fat guy kept making. I dont think I'm the only one who thought Stainer, one of the friends in the movie, had a Napolean Dynamite vibe to him. The way he talked and looked just screamed 'Frickin Idiot'. It was good enough to see twice ad it is good enough to be going in my dvd collection when it comes out. I gave it 4 stars because lets face it, its been done before, and I can't help but to think that its just gonna make all the single unattractive guys out there feel a little down!

Posted on August 9, 2011

Michel Bingman says...

I didn't know what to expect out of the movie, but had to see it since Jay Baruchel played in it. While it was (as one poster said) a fantasy male flick, it was also vulgar, crude and rude, but pretty darned funny. I was laughing so hard my husband asksed me what in the world was I watching!



Not recommended for kids, but hilarious for adults!

Posted on August 12, 2011