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She's Out of My League
- Review Date: March 11, 2010
- R
- Genre: Comedy
- 2010
Common Sense Media says
Vulgar, sex-obsessed comedy but with a good heart.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that She's Out of My League is like the recent slew of Judd Apatow and Apatow-inspired comedies that are slathered in exceedingly vulgar humor, but also have a sweet, endearing center. The film has little nudity, but because of the frequency and intensity of the language (including near-constant "f--k" and "s--t") and sexual situations (including a scene that revolves around premature ejaculation), it's best for kids and tweens to steer clear. Happily, the movie has a good heart and a good message about learning to believe in yourself regardless of looks, which is perfect for responsible older teens. Young-at-heart parents might enjoy the movie as well, even if most teens won't want to sit next to them.
What's the story?
Skinny, nerdy Kirk (Jay Baruchel) never finished college, works as an airport security agent in Pittsburgh, drives a crappy car, and pines for a girl who broke up with him two years ago. When a "hard ten," the gorgeous Molly (Alice Eve), comes through the metal detector and misplaces her iPhone, Kirk retrieves it and wins Molly's gratitude -- and a date. They grow to genuinely like one another, but no one around them believes their relationship is meant to last: Molly is just too beautiful for Kirk. Will Kirk listen to his friends and family, or will he learn to believe in himself?
Is it any good?
It's a little rushed, and a little rough around the edges, but SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE is genuinely nutty and funny, and with some likeable characters at its center. It's apparently necessary to fill the movie with vulgar humor and sexual situations in order to sell it in the marketplace, but fortunately, the writing is fairly sharp, and with only a couple of those "big reaction" scenes that the filmmakers want everyone to talk about, wedged in.
Though many romantic comedies base their plots around lies and other ridiculous situations, this one gets points for characters that try to speak honestly; it's very simply about two people who are trying to connect but don't know how. English actress Alice Eve lends some soul to her "pretty girl" character and Jay Baruchel brings a unique look and appealing confidence to the "gangly nerd" type that is so popular today.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the way characters are rated on a scale of 1-to-10. What characteristics make someone a 10? Why is this so? Wouldn't different people be rated differently depending on how we see them? Is rating people worthwhile or not worthwhile?
Molly initially judged Kirk by his appearance as someone who was "safe" for her and wouldn't hurt her. Was she right?
After Kirk's most embarrassing moment, he manages to apologize to Molly by telling her the whole, embarrassing, ugly truth: and it works. Is telling the truth a good way to start believing in yourself?
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Bad, Steriotypical nonesense!
I really dont like it when people criticize movies and complain but this movie is BAD! There are too many steriotypes to count!! Like in all movies its the "ugly" guy who wants to get the "pretty" girl. I put those in quotes because they're both average looking people and the movie blatantly states that blondes are better by casting the blonde as the pretty one and the brunette as the ugly one. The brunette is obviously better looking but because her hair isn't yellow she's thought of as ugly. Anyone with a brain shouldn't see this movie!
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GREAT MOVIE, VERY FUNNY, SOME SEXUAL CONTENT, BUT OVERALL, VERY GOOD!
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Better than I expected
This surprising, underrated comedy had more laughs than I though it would, which is impressive in this time of uncreative new comedies. Most comedies these days rely entirely on grotesquery and raw, graphic sex, and that just doesn't work. This comedy brings us back to a time where comedies used humor not only through raunchiness, but through comical sight gags and clean(er) one-liners. Parents: Despite what i said earlier, there's still plenty of graphic sex-related dialogue and humor, plus language. Bottom Line: Another perfect date night movie, and just a good comedy in general. Thanks for reading! - Movie Man
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She's Out of My League is an inappropriate movie that's only for older teens there's really no violence in this film but expect a lot of sex talk one partial nudity scene which show's a male butt and the character's friend helps him shave his bottom part which is very disturbing characters used strong language and they also drink beer, wine, champagne, and martinis.
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perfect for high school students
Its hilarious and awesome. there wasnt anything i hadnt seen before and it definently shouldnt be rated R
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decent sweet charming movie with some flaws.
i am surprised that this movie turned out to be somehow charming and convincing. This is an unlikely love story that is a really sweet romantic comedy. a very sweet romantic comedy. though the movie has flaws, its very slow at few parts, the story and screenplay kind of freezes at some part of the movie which is freaking annoying and then you see that the story catches speed again and that annoyed me. their were some pretty good laughs in the movie, not much though which was fine considering this was supposed to be a romantic comedy.
the idea of the PERFECT mis match couple was adorable and sweetly charming, lolz, a guy like him and a girl like her coming and going this way really nice. i would say the charming character in this movie was Jay's character and he himself. loved him seriously he is awsome. others were ok not really a performance based movie. cute funny movie. surprisingly good not excellent with some flaws which will effect the rating i am gonna give but for u guys its on you i will Mildly recommend it to you.
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Awesome! Not for kids.
Some sexual scenes but not to bad. Also there is a guy shaving another guys privates (which are not shown) which is hysterical but not a good thing for children to see. Also there is a positive message, don't judge yourself and don't think you can't get a hot girl friend if your not as hot as her.
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| Studio: | DreamWorks |
| Director: | Jim Field Smith |
| Cast: | Alice Eve, Jay Baruchel, T.J. Miller |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 104 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | March 12, 2010 |
| DVD release date: | June 22, 2010 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | language and sexual content |
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