she s out of my league - On the surface She’s Out of My League is a fairly innocuous comedy. But there’s something cynical about the whole proceedings as it feels not only like a clone of a Judd Apatow movie, but a cheap knock-off that not only mimics the writer-director’s comedies, but also fails to understand that they feature worthwhile characters who develop over the course of the picture. The story of a loser who manages to start dating a woman who’s “out of his league” is a cliché, but rather than parody the lame-guy-gets-hot-girl relationship we see at the end of most guy-driven comedies, She’s Out of My League chooses to blindly indulge the absurdity as it tries to copy down Apatow’s winning formula.
Shes Out of My League Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve (1).jpgJay Baruchel plays Kirk: a dorky, average looking guy who, to the surprise of the planet (himself included), manages to start dating Molly (Alice Eve), a woman so hot that she causes every male jaw in the film to drop-on-command whenever she enters a room (because men find her attractive and that’s what we do-am I right, fellas?). Kirk’s selfish, horrible family and his asshole friend Stainer (TJ Miller) then spend the majority of the film ripping on Kirk, and wear away at his already non-existent self-esteem, leaving us to wonder what anyone could see in a guy who lets people treat him this way.
On the flipside, Molly is the definition of the word superficial. She’s not a bad person, but that’s only because she’s not much of a person. In addition to being hot, we learn she went to law school but now rakes in the cash as an event planner so we also know she’s smart and successful. She is flawless. Rather than laugh at the idea of anyone being perfect or a “10″, Molly is the person that Kirk and everyone else puts on a pedestal. That in itself is sad because it’s a celebration of superficial qualities over things that would distinguish her as an individual.
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