Most guys I know would agree that at least through college there was a (sometimes) unspoken meter on which people were gauged against each other. Whether it was in regards to each other athletically or in regards to a woman in terms of looks, guys were constantly playing a proverbial game of "whose is bigger?" She's Out Of My League takes that to a whole new level with a group of guys who mathematically figure out that their friend Kirk Kettner (Jay Baruchel), an airport security worker, is nowhere near the rating of an event planner, Molly McCleish (Alice Eve), who he meets in the airport. What follows is hilarious, outrageous, and, well, thought-provoking.

Kirk's friends are divided on whether or not he can seal the deal; his wounded friend Stainer (T.J. Miller) and his too-cool-for-school friend Jack (Mike Vogel) know that there's no way that he can do it, while Devon (Nate Torrence) quotes Disney movies and believes that at the end of day true love will rise. Kirk's family isn't much more helpful, considering that his parents (Debra Jo Rupp and Adam LeFevre) are so out of touch that they have more of a relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Marnie (Lindsay Sloane), than they do with him, and his brother Dylan (Kyle Bornheimer) beats on him for fun. Her support system, Patty (Krysten Ritter), doesn't like him, but at the end of the day, Molly still pursues Kirk.

Baruchel is nothing to look at compared to Eve, for sure. Obviously, right? That's the whole point of the movie that makes the premise of the movie set-up like a cake in the oven. But Kirk's ingredients are different, even from his friends. He's probably most like Devon, without being so pathetic. He's mostly classy, he's polite, caring, responsible, and more mature than most of the people around him. Do we believe that someone from his background would hit it off with a lawyer-turned-party planner? Probably not. But the ingredient which sets Kirk the farthest apart is that he is honest to a fault.

Kirk's honesty causes some of the hinges on which the movie rises and falls; to use the baking analogy, it's not just the icing on the cake, it's the flour, or the eggs, or... something. The honesty runs right through one of the raunchier portions of the movie, and the sweet-and-sour take of the film will remind most audiences of a Judd Apatow movie... which fits, given a section of Baruchel's filmography. Still, he has been in films like Million Dollar Baby... no, this isn't deep like that, but it's a bit deeper than a grab the beers, your buddies, and have a totally stupid laughfest.

There are lessons about family and friendship, and there are lessons about the advice we give based on our own hurt and experience. Subplots abound with funny, clever ideas, and the lessons interweave themselves into the humor in a seamless, "wow that made sense" sort of way. But in the end, Kirk and Molly have to figure out how to make it work, just like any other couple, regardless of the pitfalls placed in their path by their community and their own interpersonal stumblings. I appreciated the film because it lays out in the end what we figured out when we got to our own spiritual independence: there's no ranking of people based on beauty, popularity, or anything artificial in God's eyes. We're all created in the image of God, by his love and intent. We're bound to get caught up in the "game" of comparing ourselves to others, but when we come back to the "center," when we're reminded of our spiritual truth as we were created, we're restored to who we're supposed to be.

So, go rent the movie. If you're down for Knocked Up or Superbad, this one should have you laughing, too. But there's something that gives it a point (more like the first) rather than settling for stupid-funny (the second). At the end of the day, maybe you'll be aware of yourself on a different point system, or you'll take it the whole way and realize there are no points!