"Let´s cut it out with numbers"

Title: She's out of my league 

Year: 2010 

Genre: Comedy, Romance 

Director: Jim Field Smith 

Writer: Sean Anders, John Morris 

Runtime: 104min

Cast: Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, TJ Miller, Mike Vogel, Nate Torrence, Lindsey Sloane, Krysten Ritter 

Prod.: DreamWorks SKG, Mosaic Media Group 

Budget: $20 millions approx. 

I doubt She´s out of my league could become part of the list of favorite movies of any movie lover. If I had to describe it in very few words, I could summarize it to: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl fight and boy and girl make up. That would not reveal the big spoiler, in a film that is very predictable. 

I must, however recognize, that being there many forgettable titles, and of similar characteristics, they hadn´t previously managed to call my attention like this one did. It´s name itself already gives us clues about a subject that could be appealing. 

She´s out of my league is about Kirk (Jay Barucel), a young, half attractive guy that unwittingly ends up dating a girl who is beautiful. Kirk, a security guard from the Pittsburgh airport, has the desire of making up with his ex-girlfriend Marnie (Lindsay Sloane). Her, a very pretty girl, but who is not as pretty on her inside. The point is that Marnie is already with another guy and has no interest in Kirk. From this, and the fact that Kirk is not the big deal, leads us to ask ourselves what girl could like him. 

Shortly afterwards, Kirk realizes that a passenger, with whom he had had a couple of words with before, has forgotten her cell at the airport. It´ll be in this way that, for giving it back to her he comes to see her again, and so Molly (Alice Eve) notices that there´s something about this guy that she likes. 

Then comes, one of the more interesting scenes in the film. Kirk and his friends Stainer (TJ Miller), Jack (Mike Vogel) and Devon (Nate Torrence) discuss while bowling, how weird would be that Kirk could date a girl who ´s a 10. Kirk listens to his friends giving scores to each other, in what apparently; he is being the most unlucky. They all agree in that he could barely reach a 6, giving his personality. 

From here on, it is very clear where the plot revolves. While the bond between Molly and Kirk keeps strengthened, nobody explains how this guy is going out with such a beauty. It´s not the lack of support from family and friends, what´s really surprising, but that Kirk himself finds it hard to believe his own luck. 

We live in a society, sometimes very superficial, were at times we make people into numbers, something that doesn´t help. Such is the case that, about to get intimate, Kirk shows up his incomprehension and lack of self-esteem, claiming not to understand what is happening. But what is it there to understand? Is what Molly doesn´t quite get. Which is, that a girl who Kirk and his friends have described as perfect, has decided to go out with a guy who is barely attractive, physically speaking, and therefore, not good enough to be with her. This offends Molly, because she doesn´t see things this way cause she´s been seen more than just a pretty face. 

This scene is set quite well and possess a dialogue that is consistent. Unlike other moments where we hear very poorly focused conversations and jokes that are absurd. 

Things, after the separation, happen as expected. Kirk now´s got tools to get back with his ex. An unhappy bitch that doesn´t deserve him, but who´s got Kirk for her anyways. It is then, that his friends decide to help him get Molly back, because they also take thought about it. Stainer, sometimes an idiot, now acts fine. Giving him a speech, he highlights Kirk all he´s worth, both as a friend, and as a human being, and how he should be with that girl that made him happy. He makes him see that both, he and Kirk were wrong, and that he fully deserves to be with her. 

Overall, from the beginning you can foresee the end of a plot which, although carried with some clumsiness, leaves us with a good message. It is also worth to mention that, at no time is boring, which to me is even the most important aspect.

My rating: 5/10

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