Wednesday 9 June 2010

She's Out of My League**



Let's face it, she was out of his league, and by the looks of it so was director Jim Field Smith.

This film was your typical romantic comedy thriving to be funnier than it first appeared to be in the trailer. Sure, there were some really comical moments, but they were as rare as those moments when you find a fiver in your pocket from months ago. Plus, now I have watched the trailer again it has confirmed that ALL the funny scenes are in there! The narrative was bleak, and fairly unrealistic. Who really allows their ex to live in the same house as your parents with her new boyfriend? Don't be silly. The best friend Patty (Krysten Ritter) seemed like she was trying far too hard to hate all the men, but I suppose she rectified this by turning into the 'good best friend' towards the end of the film. The main character Kirk, played by Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder) gave a very convincing role as the awkward, unexperienced male of his group who relied on the advice of Stainer (T.J.Miller), Jack (Mike Vogel), and Devon (Nate Torrence).

It felt like the film was dragging at first, and it does take some time to pick up the pace. The whole process of Molly losing her iPhone and having it returned was quite tedious, as was her permanent smiling! No doubt about it, Alice Eve is gorgeous, but the trailers have emphasised this so much you may get a little sick of watching her after a while. Eve does play a genuinely nice '10' and not a complete bitch but the film as a whole is tame and not one that I believe the lads would enjoy - with the exception of the scene with Alice Eve in her underwear. I thought Devon was the most entertaining character; he had the wit and silliness of Alan from The Hangover, despite being married he still knew how to have a giggle.

S.O.O.M.L would never come anywhere near to The 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up in my eyes. It suggests to me that it is just a combination of several plots we've seen over the years with a different cast we may not be so familiar with. I don't think the character of Cam was needed at all, Kirk hardly needed any competition, he had enough on his plate with ejaculating too soon. It was fine for a late night viewing and something to do, but if I could take those two hours of my life back, I probably would.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It was a fun enough movie though, one of those, just enjoy it for what it is thingss