WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER UNRATED CUT BLU RAY (2011)

SYNOPSIS: Anna Faris and Chris Evans star in the outrageously funny comedy that asks: can 19 wrongs make Mr Right? When Ally Darling reads an article that leads her to believe she's going to be alone forever, she begins a wild search the best "ex" of her life. But Ally's quest to reconnect with her former lovers goes hilariously awry, from a puppeteer who's more wooden than his puppet to a gynecologist with a "spotty" memory. Through it all, Ally might just find the man of her dreams in the last place she ever expected.

MOVIE REVIEW:

Honestly, Anna Faris is such a credible comedian that whenever she plays a silly, bimbo in movies such as “Scary Movie 2” or “The House Bunny”, we can’t help but have a good laugh with her. Chris Evans is such a good looking dude that he plays both comic book heroes, Captain America and Johnny Storm. By the power of 20^thCentury Fox, these two successful actors came together and to the shocking of many, made one of the least watched, raunchy comedies of 2011 called “What’s Your Number?”.

We got to apologize that we didn’t even know the story here was based on a book by Karyn Bosnak’s “20 Times A Lady”.  As we spent more time watching movies than reading, we can’t really comment on the original material. Adapted to the screen by Gabrielle Allan and Jennifer Crittenden (one is a longtime writer on “Scrubs” while the latter on “Everybody Loves Raymond”), the movie works far better as a short comedy sketch than a full-length feature. The premise is downright silly and most of the characters almost moronic to be likeable.

Faris stars as Ally Darling, an out-of-work marketing executive who has a shocking reminder from a Marie Claire magazine article that once a woman has slept with 20 men, she is likely to remain single for life. And Ally has slept with 19. Now with the help of her neighbor, Colin (Evans) her mission is to track down all her past lovers and see which one has the potential to be her one true love. Not a surprise, there are plenty of raunchy material right here some more chuckling than others with most of the jokes derive from Ally’s past lovers. Starting with the opening sequence, a vegetarian boyfriend who likes to go through the backdoor, a gynaecologist who instead of faces can only recognized one’s nether part, a gay black president wannabe, a puppeteer who just can’t leave his puppets alone and many more weirdoes if you don’t mind the term. If Ally couldn’t make it work the first time, what makes her think it will work the second?

And obviously one has watched enough rom-coms to know that who will Ally finally end up with. And pardon this super-duper spoiler if you don’t get it, it’s Colin! Mind you, Colin for one is a womanizer and a jobless aspiring musician who simply can’t commit to a single woman. Thus someone please tell me how on earth is Colin’s going to be the right choice for Ally. If you can suspend this belief, you might just lap up the whole premise. The filmmakers are so desperate to make you like it that they put Evans in near naked situations more than twice and Faris in cute little panties hopping around and for the record, we are not sold. Making it worse is the subplot involving Ally’s sister pending wedding that simply goes nowhere in this female comedy unlike “Bridesmaids”.

What’s more enjoyable is the parade of cameos featuring Martin Freeman (he is going to be a big star after The Hobbit is released), Thomas Lennon, Anthony Mackie, Zachary Quinto, Andy Samberg and Faris’ off-screen husband, Chris Patt as Disgusting Donald. “What’s Your Number?” apparently is too weak a material for a comedy talent liked Anna Faris to executive produced and starred in and also a 117 minutes cut just ain’t worth the trouble. Chris Evans on the other hand is best stick to being a comic hero for the time being. Let’s leave the clothes-shedding routine to Matthew McConaughy.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Only a sparse set of extra features are available here including 17 minutes of Deleted Scenes (a lot of flashbacks on Ally’s exes), 7 minutes of Gag Reel and a measly Theatrical Trailer though you get an option of the Theatrical Version (106 minutes) and Unrated Cut (117 minutes).

AUDIO/VISUAL:

“What’s Your Number?” looks great and natural on this Blu-ray transfer. There isn’t any visible encoding issues spotted and I’m sure your girlfriend or wife will be impressed by the detailing on a buff Chris Evans.

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Review by Linus Tee