Big Screen Blurb: What's Your Number?

You think of great movie quests, you automatically turn to Luke Skywalker and Star Wars...Frodo in the Lord of the Rings...and certainly, Indiana Jones and any number of relics he was in search of...finally, there's Ally Darling and her quest to find her man, while keeping her number of lovers at a mere twice the national average.

Meet Ally (Anna Faris). She's under a little stress. She just broke up with her boyfriend. She just lost her job; and her younger sister is getting married. The straw that breaks this camel is an article in a Cosmo-like magazine. The article notes that the average woman has 10.5 lovers in her lifetime. This is a bit devastating news to Ally, who's bedded 20 guys. This news is only darkened when her friends tell her that gals who have more than 20 lovers never find true love and marriage. Thus, Ally begins a quest to renew one of her past love interests, in an effort to prevent that magic number from going over twenty and find true love. She enlists the help of her far sluttier neighbor, Colin (Chris Evans). His interest is in having a safe shelter to wait while his previous night's conquest makes her exit. The two strike a deal and the quest begins. Yadayadayada...to no surprise it's number 21 that brings the magic, but not before many-a-valuable lesson is learned along the way.

It's okay: 3.0 Stars. There's enough funny here...even a few laugh out loud moments...that makes this a flick that lands on the sunny side of okay. With the slew of comedic entries in the move marketplace this year (Bridesmaids,Hangover Part 2, Friends with Benefits, The Change-up, etc.), What's Your Number doesn't quite stack up as one of the year's best. With that said, there are good messages here: 1) Accept yourself; and, 2) You're probably not going to experience true love unless you're able to be completely comfortable with both yourself and your significant other! Good messages and well delivered through a fairly funny script. I actually like Anna Farris, but I've never been a huge Chris Evans fan. I still haven't recovered from his Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four and probably would not have complained about another entrant into the role of Colin.

Bottom line: There's enough here to save it from the "Skip it!" column, but it's not necessarily one to see BIG. Rent it in January when it comes out on Blu-Ray.

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