We've seen the premise a million times before: Loser-dude somehow scores a beautiful, successful woman, screws it up, main action breaks for 5-30 minutes to do gross-out scenes, and then the guy wins the girl back. Specifically, She's Out of My League is directed by Jim Field Smith (a rookie to big-picture directing) and stars Baruchel as Kirk Kettner, a TSA agent who works at the Pittsburgh airport. He still hangs out with his high school buddies and co-workers, Jack (Mike Vogel), Stainer (T.J. Miller) and Devon (Nate Torrence) and desperately hopes to get back together with his evil incarnate ex-girlfriend, Marnie (Lindsay Sloane). Despite his loser status, Kirk is a content guy and is comfortable with his lifestyle. One day, a "perfect" woman named Molly (Alice Eve) enters his security checkpoint and accidentally leaves her cell phone behind. The charming man that he is, Kirk returns the phone as a courtesy, and she asks him out. Kirk's family and friends can't believe he scored such a great girl and spend the duration of the movie telling him he's not good enough. He, too, struggles with understanding why Molly is interested in him while she's determined to win him over.

Despite how played-out the plot sounds, League is actually sort of refreshing. Barchuel makes Kirk a likeable, believably character. And though Kirk's circle of friends initially seem like a crew of Apatow rejects, when we start to meet the guys, each character really grows on you. Vogel, Miller, and Torrence's personal comedic styles are different than what we're used to seeing from Hill/Rogen/Rudd, and it's simply because they are different people. Their characters have a sense of originality to them, and like we learned from Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover, it's amazing how much of a difference seeing a (relatively) new face can be. In an interview with Sloane, she joked that they were, "popping the bubble," so to speak. And as opposed to typical buddy-flick actresses, Sloane, Krysten Ritter (who plays Alice's character's best friend), and Jessica St. Clair (who plays Kirk's brother's fiancé) are allowed to be funny and sometimes even disgusting. The women in this film have absolutely hilarious moments, many of which were ad libbed, and steal many of their scenes. I also appreciate the fact that the Molly character is given a personality and logical thought process instead of being a hormone-driven freak.

That's not to say League doesn't have its fair share of sexism -- the plot is, after all, about breaking people down to a numbered score of hotness. And, unfortunately, while the first few lines spewed by Ritter were perfect, she doesn't get too many other jokes in beyond that. There are plenty other moments throughout where scenes feel oddly cut or way too drawn out in order to make room for gross-out, dude-bonding comedy. Also, there's no full frontal male nudity, which I almost expect at this point with buddy-flicks.

With that, She's Out of my League is by no means revolutionary, but it's a small step in the right direction. It may even stand a fighting chance of surviving in our Apatow-dominated world. I definitely hope it does, if only to see the cast members on a more regular basis.