Kirk works at Pittsburgh airport and lives a pretty hum drum but relatively content life, until a chance encounter with a beautiful event planner Molly leads to a date and then to a relationship. So far so good, but then that old ugly matter called self esteem rears its head and Kirk wonders if he is good enough for Molly. It does not help when one of his ‘friends’ describes him as ‘a 5’ (out of ten) and Molly as ‘a hard ten.’

What follows is a warm-hearted comedy that follows Kirk and Molly as they navigate old flames, their families and friends as they try to make things work for them. The scenes where nice guy Kirk gets trampled on by everyone are painful to watch and Baruchel plays this to great effect without overdoing it.

There are also great supporting turns from T.J. Miller, Mike Vogel, Nate Torrence and Krysten Ritter as Kirk and Alice’s friends. The situations and advice ring true and the performances hold your attention. For a film like this to work the audience needs to identify with and like the main characters and it is here that it succeeds the most. I found myself rooting for Kirk and Molly as well as laughing in the right places.

Fortunately (despite having a few schmaltzy moments) the film avoids most of the usual clichés and manages to be fresh, original and entertaining. How often do relationships become unstuck because of families getting in the way, or our own neurosis scuppering our chances of genuine carefree happiness?

This is a rom-com that actually manages to convince and because audiences will relate to the dysfunctional characters it works much better than the usual saccharine hokum that gets offered to us. Sit back, enjoy and genuinely belly laugh at this comedy that is not afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve.