Kirk, an average Joe, can't believe his luck. Though he's stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds, Molly, a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe, has fallen for him. Not only is Kirk stunned, but his friends, family and his ex-girlfriend, too. Now he has to figure out how to make the relationship work, even though he'd be the first to admit she's totally out of his league.
Genres: Comedy and Romance Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min. Release Date: March 12th, 2010 (wide) MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content. Distributor: DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures
Cast And Credits
Starring:
Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, TJ Miller, Mike Vogel, Nate Torrence
Directed by:
Jim Field Smith
Produced by:
George Gatins, Jimmy Miller, David Householter See Full Cast and Credits
If you’re going to make a romantic comedy called “She’s Out of My League” about a schlubby nice guy and a pneumatic blonde, the last thing you want is for the audience to be left thinking: “He’s right. She’s way out of his league.”
That’s one, if not the only, major problem with this film, directed by Jim Field Smith (in his feature debut) from a script by Sean Anders and John Morris. Jay Baruchel, of the Judd Apatow rep company (“Knocked Up” and the television series “Undeclared”), plays the hero — a security officer at the Pittsburgh airport — as such a tongue-tied, head-ducking nebbish that it’s inconceivable that he would end up with the gorgeous, smart, kind, hockey-loving woman played by Alice Eve. (The likable Ms. Eve was seen on Broadway in Tom Stoppard’s “Rock ’n’ Roll.”)
The premise might work if the film were content to be a fairly undistinguished example of over-the-top gross-out comedy. It’s partly that — its funniest, most transgressive scene involves Nate Torrence, as a friend who sees all of life in terms of Disney musicals, shaving a very tender part of Mr. Baruchel’s anatomy.
But it’s also suffused with a retro mildness, as if the Apatow-Jody Hill sensibility had been applied to a John Hughes script or a piece of early-’80s fluff like “No Small Affair.” On either side of that equation, it’s out of its league.
“She’s Out of My League” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Dirty words, embarrassing stains and much more talk about sex than actual sex.
If you’re going to make a romantic comedy called “She’s Out of My League” about a schlubby nice guy and a pneumatic blonde, the last thing you want is for the audience to be left thinking: “He’s right. She’s way out of his league.”
But it’s also suffused with a retro mildness, as if the Apatow-Jody Hill sensibility had been applied to a John Hughes script or a piece of early-’80s fluff like “No Small Affair.” On either side of that equation, it’s out of its league.
