An amusing comedy with a glaring fault

Rating: Null/10 (18 January 2011)

A generally amusing movie that is badly marred by an unnecessary excess of really crude vulgarities. I'm no prude, loved Animal House, and am a fan of action movies loaded with well-done sex and violence. That being said, however, I found myself wincing when a character early in the show looks at the girl sitting next to him and says "can I finger you"? It is way more than just being "uncool". That and several other glaringly crude lines showed the audience just how the use of words turns a "player" into a complete ass. There was a lot of murmuring from the audience, which is not good.
Otherwise, the movie could have stood quite well on its own. Light romantic comedy is great when well done, and well done in this genre almost always means subtle and classy. When you lose your "classy" you come across as just another jerk. Even Animal House would have avoided some of these lines.
Natalie Portman is OK in this role, but not great. She might be getting a little too old to play the young chick role. Ashton does remarkably well, and we will enjoy seeing him in many more roles if he avoids the "all looks and no acting ability" horde of current young actors. I hope he gets good guidance during his formative acting years.
Had it all been just a tick more classy, yet still very sexy, this movie could have had much greater audience appeal.