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INCREASING AND DECREASING YOUR SELF ESTEEM

Today's movie was

She's Way Out of My League (2010)

with Jay Baruchel and a cast of stereotypes.

But he is, for the most part, very good when they let him be good.

Most of the time he is called upon to do dorky set pieces. This is a riff on Beauty and the Beast and he is the Beast.

He is from the same mold as Shia LeBeouf and you know how I am about that kind of boy.

The other thing that is good about this picture is that there is not one shit or fart joke in here. There is a set piece on the hazards of pubic shaving but you never have to see anything and the results are mostly suggested.

It is funny and kind to its characters. Another rarity.

No one is demeaned unless they want to be. Sort of.

I watched this forwarned so I cannot complain. There is a strong message about the pitfalls of classical attractiveness for both B and B.

My objection is that they took a basically sweet story with nice actors and characters and added implausible slapstick where none is necessary. I can just see a committee making the director go back and put in some stupid shit because it was too tame or something.

I am willing to put up with that if the message of this film is delivered to all the boys (and girls) who don't feel that good about themselves. Doors can open if you reach out and pull or push. But it starts inside.

Maybe it takes a bit of wrecking an airport lounge to get them to watch.

I will give this a 3 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films