And therein lies the premise behind the film. An out of shape, nerdy, ugly guy - Jay Baruchel - starts to date a girl that is way out of his league.
Friends of mine that like the same comedies as me downplayed this movie. They weren't that into it. So I went in thinking it would be something on in the background. But I wound up being glued to this whole thing. I thought it was really funny and I liked all of the characters. Even the friend who is over the top annoying, he never let up - and I respected that. I love the fat guy from the VW commercials (from a few years ago). Everything he said made me laugh. I really like Kristin Ritter. When she tells some guy to shit on his hand on the airplane, it was pretty hilarious.
There were some truly good moments in the film - right after he gives a speech to his family about how he is done with them and his ex-ex-girlfriend - he realizes he can't get off a plane and has to sit right back down with them. There are some other contrivances - such as prematurely ejaculating in his pants. It was funny in American Pie. Here it seems forced.
All-in-all, not a bad way to spend two hours.
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