10 + 5 = 2 or..... Higher Mathematics of Love

The film I'm going to write about now you should go and see, if:

1. You are a gorgeous, successful and confident woman, or
2. you're a man with confidence issues (be honest, man), or
3. any other person who is not either a monk or nun, or in a 100 per cent happy and honest relationship.

I'm talking about "She's Out of My League". As the last movie date was such a disaster, my husband demanded a revenge and took me out to see this movie. Honestly, I didn't expect anything. And it's been a nice surprise.


So there's Kirk. Kirk has a life that sucks, since about 25+x years. His family is making the Bundys look like people from the intelligentsia. His bitch of an ex-girlfriend practically lives at his house, where he still lives with his parents (sorry, my mistake). He's working at the TSA, has a stupid boss, drives a crappy car and he looks very average. By judging of his friends, he's "a five, maybe a six".

And there's Molly. Drop-dead gorgeous, nice, smart, successful - and single (of course with a pilot model ex). That is until she meets Kirk and asks him out. And this is where the frenzy starts...

Nobody can understand what a bombshell like Molly wants with a Joe Average like Kirk. Not Kirk's family, not Molly's family, nor her stupid ex who thinks Kirk must be gay because Molly hangs out with him, not Kirk's friends (enjoy the married one with big love for Disney ;) ) and certainly not Kirk himself.

So, with the "help" of friends and family he does everything in his power to sabotage his own luck and you'll understand why so many relationships fail. (SPOILER - mark to read: It is missing self-confidence and following self-fulfilling prophecies ...) See it, then  you'll also find out what you'd get for $25 000, what you need married hetero-sexual friends for, and you'll see a horrible major deformation...

To be serious again: by contrast to the NON-love story "Dear John" this is a really charming romance. The main characters are believable and likable - they are nerds, and their humor is sometimes scratching at boundaries, but never crosses it. The guys are not the usual picture perfect  movie star guys, and they know it - but it never gets really mean.

And this is why you should go and see this movie, have a nice evening, take it in - and understand the true meaning of "It's not you, it's me."