She's Out Of Your League, but you'll want to play on her team!

SHE'S OUT 
OF 

MY LEAGUE

Director: Jim Field Smith

Writers: Sean Anders and John Morris

Kirk:  Jay Baruchel

Molly:  Alice Eve

Stainer:  TJ Miller

Devon:  Nate Torrence

Dylan:  Kyle Bornheimer

Patty:  Krysten Ritter

Marnie:  Lindsay Sloane

                                      

What happens when a perfect 10 hot chick gets burned by a series of perfect 10 hot dudes?   She rationalizes that an average guy won't hurt her so badly (and will probably heap on an extra helping of gratitude).   

And so we meet Molly (Alice Eve), a drop-dead gorgeous unassuming event planner (with a minor "secret"), who is being delayed at the airport security checkpoint by every drooling red-blooded male employee.  Step in Kirk (Jay Baruchel), a klutzy, nerdy, oh-so-average TSA agent who assists our damsel in distress to her plane so she won't miss it.  Once on board and with her best friend Patty (played very skillfully by Krystan Ritter) she realizes she left her iPhone (clever product placement Apple!) back at security, and who should happen to find it but Kirk, who obligates himself to bring it to her at an in-town event she is running the next evening.  And from there an unexpected romance blossoms.

Kirk's friends Stainer, Dylan and Devon spend most of the entire movie convincing Kirk (a "5" on the generous side) that he is not worthy of any woman rating more than a "7", so of course this thing with Molly won't last.  And then his entire middle-class-but- "trailer-park" family, including his ex-girlfriend Marnie (the very funny Lyndsay Sloane), keeps reminding him how undeserving he is of pretty much anyone except for the wacko work-colleague Marnie, who gets treated more like one of the family than Kirk and is now dating a friend of the family.


Everyone in this movie just loves to feed off of Kirk's fragile self-esteem, and it takes a huge act of faith for Kirk to find his cojones and hold on to the girl.

There were so many wonderfully cast actors and actresses in this ensemble, I can't mention them all here, but this cute and cleverly crafted date-night movie was heartwarming and endearing....and so much better than I thought it would be.  It is hard for writers to tread the same ground over and over and each time come up with something new and clever, but writers Sean Anders and John Morris managed to do it.  Adorable.