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Jay Baruchel is out of his league

3/12/2010

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I am typically of the mindset that famous funny guys aren’t any funnier than class clowns, they just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I’ve been to panels with Seth Rogan and Danny McBride, and I walked away thinking they weren’t any funnier than I was; they just had good writers and knew how to deliver their lines well.

She’s Out of My League has taught me how important actors really are. Writer John Anders and John Morris put together a nice story that, although predictable, lent itself to some funny situations. Unfortunately Jay Baruchel isn’t funny at all and should never be called upon to carry a movie. T.J. Miller, who plays his friend “Stainer,” is a homeless man’s Jon Heder that mucked up a bunch of jokes that should have been hilarious but came out flat. The whole time I kept thinking that if Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell were the leading men I would be laughing my ass off.

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The film starts off by introducing us to Kirk (Baruchel) and his crappy life. He works at airport security, his family makes fun of him to his face and he is still in love with his ex-girlfriend (Lindsay Sloane) even though she’s turned into a tramp. This all changes when the picturesque Molly (Alice Eve) accidentally leaves her phone at airport security and waltzes into his life.

We’ve all seen the trailers so we know what happens next: they go through the dating process that includes ‘hilarious’ snafus that come with first dates and meeting the parents before the inevitable break-up and the cliffhanger of whether or not these two mismatched love birds can make it work.

The biggest problem I have with She’s Out of My League is that the leading lady isn’t very attractive. You’ve got an entire movie based on the premise that everybody drops their jaw when they see this girl, yet she clearly isn’t all that hot. On top of that, the film was unable to suspend reality enough to make me believe that Kirk actually had a chance with her. So throughout the entire movie when people are telling him he can’t get the girl, I tend to agree with them.

She’s Out of My League was attempting to fall into the same sub-category as Shallow Hal: a comedy with a moral message that encourages caring about what’s on the inside. Unfortunately poor casting derailed the project and delivered the opposite message.

--Mark Collins

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