So this is another movie about someone dating someone they think is too good for them. I've also reviewed THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AVERAGE MAN (where a guy has his friend pretend to be mentally challanged so he can be with a girl he thinks is too good for him) and I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN (where an older woman dates a younger man and is constantly insecure about it). How did this one fare compared to the others?
The story: Kirk (Jay Baruchel) is insecure. He isn't proud of his job at airport security, he's never really done anything, his last girlfriend dumped him and his parents seem to still like her and her new bo' more than him. Then he meets Molly (Alice Eve), who not only is beautiful but also seems to have done everything Kirk couldn't imagine -- she was a lawyer but left it to pursue something she loved more and is now a very successful party planner, she has traveled, she has a great apartment, and she has dated other hot, successful people. No one -- including Kirk's friends and family -- think he is good enough for her and the movie is about him struggling with his insecurity.
Um...yeah. So this movie, like I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN, is all about a person being insecure even when the other person really isn't giving them any reason to be. It's not like the girl is flirting with other guys or ignoring him or doing anything to make him think she isn't into him. And I get that insecurity is tough to shake and it can be self-destructive, etc -- but as a movie it's pretty boring. It's the same note again and again -- he's insecure, all his friends say he isn't good enough, yada yada yada. There are some laughs and some decent moments, but it just feels like the same thing over and over until late in the second act when Molly reveals that she is dating him because her ex- cheated on her and she thought he would be safe and that he wouldn't hurt her. For me, that was a cool moment because instead of just him (and his friends) thinking that he isn't good enough it really is that BOTH of them don't think he's good enough. And if that had come earlier (by midpoint at the latest) it could have been a really interesting movie. Instead it comes way too late, only after we've sat through an entire second act of the same thing over and over and over.
Still, it wasn't horrible. But it wasn't great either.
*** neutral ***
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