Out of His League

07/03/08

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In poll after poll, the most important factor for women when picking a guy is a sense of humor. If you look at the aesthetic imbalance between the leads in this weeks upcoming movies -- and -- it has to be true. While Mike Myers and Steve Carell arent bad looking guys, Jessica Alba and Anne Hathaway are grade-A knockouts. Check out some other memorable pretty girl/funny guy movie couples.

Photo by UniversalKnocked Up
Seth Rogen is an immature pothead manchild. Katherine Heigl is a Nordic goddess with a hot career. One night of unprotected passion made them the oddest of odd couples. Its the movie that had millions of doughy nerds saying to themselves, "It could happen," with an equal number of women saying "Get real!"

Photo by MGM, Everett CollectionA Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese lives a life of quiet desperation until he encounters a stunning and scheming American jewel thief with a heart of gold (Jamie Lee Curtis). Cleese looks every bit the pale and put-upon middle-aged Englishman, while Curtis transforms herself from a horror flick scream queen to a crackerjack comedian in a skin-tight skirt. The result is pure comic gold.

Photo by Fox Searchlight, Everett CollectionSideways
Virginia Madsen is a radiantly fragile wine enthusiast, the perfect girl for Paul Giamatti, a shlubby failed novelist with a passion for pinot. When his best friends adolescent buffoonery gets too much for him to take, he transforms into someone worth falling for. Throw in some insanely beautiful California scenery and youve got an intoxicatingly good date movie.

Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionThere's Something About Mary
This gorgeous gal is the object of obsession of pretty much everyone with XY chromosomes in the movie. Mary (Cameron Diaz) is pure, good-hearted and a complete knockout. And luckless loser Ted (Ben Stiller) wins her heart not through guile or money but by simply being a nice guy.

Photo by Gramercy, Everett CollectionThe Big Lebowski
The Dude (Jeff Bridges) is the laziest man in Los Angeles County, which puts him in the running for laziest worldwide. He likes to bowl, drive around, have the occasional flashback, and is unconcerned about finding gainful employment. But he is apparently virile, which is enough for the heiress/performance artist Maude Lebowski (Julianne Moore).

Photo by Miramax, Everett CollectionEveryone Says I Love You
Woody Allen is the granddaddy of the hot girl/average guy comedy -- and he looks it. In this film, he literally makes beautiful (if off-key) music with Julia Roberts and her nuclear-powered smile. Seriously, who writes this stuff? Oh, right. Woody does.

Photo by Universal/Kobal, WireImageAmerican Pie
High school pastry aficionado Jason Biggs finds himself an improbably lucky man. The gorgeous scantily clad foreign exchange student (Elizabeth Shannon) in his bedroom is seriously into geeks. But what starts like every nerds fantasy turns into pure public failure.

Photo by 20th Century Fox/Kobal, WireImageShallow Hal
Is this film an "average guy/gorgeous gal" flick or is it a rare "average guy/morbidly obese gal" movie? Whichever, it shows that any guy can truly see a womans inner beauty if hes hypnotized by Tony Robbins.

Photo by Universal, Everett CollectionHappy Gilmore
Pretty much every Adam Sandler movie fits in the hot girl/average guy mold. (Adam and Kate Beckinsale? Really??) In this one, even though his unhinged golf pro can't win a fistfight against a senior citizen, he does in the end manage to win the heart of brainy blonde Julie Bowen.

Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionMy Cousin Vinny
There are few movie couples more visually unequal than Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei. Sure, Joe is short, hot-tempered and twenty-plus years older than Marisa, but he is a lawyer and a snazzy dresser. Of course, Marisa did end up with a short, bald guy named "Oscar."

Photo by Columbia Pictures/Kobal, WireImageGroundhog Day
A self-loathing, arrogant jerk (Bill Murray) transforms himself into a saint who can play a mean piano. Why? Because he longs for the affection of Andie MacDowell. Moral of the story: the average Joe can land a gorgeous gal though he might have to repeat the same day in an extremely cheerful small town over and over and over again.

Photo by Miramax, Everett CollectionSwingers
According to this movie, if you suffer through a crippling break up, crash and burn on the dating circuit, and generally act like a hyper neurotic sad sack, there's light at the end of the tunnel: Heather Graham might just swing dance with you.

Everett CollectionBowfinger
And according to this movie, if youre bottom-feeding producer with little more than debt, desperation and dreams, perk up: Heather Graham might just be your girlfriend, if there's a part in your movie for her.

Photo by New Line Cinema, Everett CollectionAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
And if you're a debauched spy, who, though groovily dressed, is dentally-challenged and hairier than a ferret, have heart: Heather Graham might trade naughty double entendres with you.

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  • Kind of like some of the guys women pick in real life.
    report abuseJustin Case posted November 28, 2008, 5:01 pm PST
  • You forgot the one I found most unbelievable: Danny Devito and Penelope Ann Miller in "Other People's Money."
    report abusePhilip F posted November 28, 2008, 7:33 pm PST
  • i don't know why people must pay to chat with others in this world on the net.
    report abusePatrick posted November 29, 2008, 7:57 am PST
  • beyonce and mike myers - gold member drew barrymore and tom green - charlies angels
    report abusecdnsigop posted November 29, 2008, 11:21 am PST
  • I'll even bet that if this wasn't a movie, these obviously ugly guys have to pay for a Jessica Alba to go on a dinner date with them; but which Jess Alba do you want? Pre make up or the full on "babe" who spends hours in a make chair getting her done, face waxed and peeled? I had the displeasure of meeting Cameron "The Hog" diaz at Whistler in J
    report abuseThumper posted November 30, 2008, 10:05 am PST
  • marriage is about love not about other people's views.
    report abuseChristopher posted November 30, 2008, 1:01 pm PST
  • Women are interested in MONEY (and financial security) for them and their children more than anything else.
    report abuseworkingclasszero posted December 1, 2008, 11:19 am PST
  • That's cause a comedy will only sell if the main character is actually funny
    report abusehaneefw posted December 1, 2008, 12:34 pm PST
  • Most of these movies are great comedys and would be no matter who the female lead is... How about some of the "comedys" that they try and make staring Ashton Kutchner (I don't need to know how to spell his name) And those movies are brutal! Women say that Sense of humor is the most important thing, but it only matters if it comes with looks, whish is rare since good loo
    report abuseYahoo! Movies User posted December 3, 2008, 7:41 am PST
  • your mon
    report abuseYahoo! Movies User posted December 3, 2008, 1:27 pm PST
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