Knocked Up (2007)

Laughed my butt off

I saw this movie again a couple of days ago. Laughed my butt off. Stupid funny, but also kind of charming and realistic in some ways. For all those negative reviewer, relax, don't expect an oscar winning movie about the meaning of life and creation...you'll find you self laughing and actually relating to the characters. August 2, 2008

"Debbie is a freak of nature!!"

A solid funny comedy full of sex, lust, jokes and "plenty" of nudity.

Ben is your typical "loser" who meets Alison in a bar. They hook up at her place, have sex and without a condom, enjoy themselves.

She had her job, her looks and other things going for her when she found out that Ben didn't use a condom when she specifically asked him to.

Right before the act, Ben takes the almost-on condom off because there was a misinterpretation between the two, aka a broken message. She gets pregnant and emotional once she finds out.

The characters are funny and many, attractive. The dialogue wasn't too shabby but they swear a lot. Especially the use of the "F-word".

But if it's a comedy you're after that's kinda tacky, sex-wise, then by all means. It's funny, it's somewhat realistic (for once) and the characters are half way decent.

I actually felt something for the characters.

3.75 stars. July 29, 2008

Most overrated film in years

"Knocked Up," starring Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl as lead characters light years beyond realistic compatibility, who, through the magic of unrealistic screenwriting that bafflingly passes itself as plausible (because it can), come together. She is a beautiful ON-AIR reporter for E! Entertainment Network (implausibly plucked from her job as floor director, but that's a whole different ridicularity), and he is a low-brow, unemployed, illegal alien Canadian slacker who somehow pays rent, buys marijuana, beer and about $100 of new books at Barnes & Noble - all on a $450 annual budget. Yes, that's right. He's stretched $13,900 of a $14,000 personal injury settlement over seven years, and estimates the last $900 will get him two more.

Writer/Director Judd Apatow might've had something here had he written these characters as slightly less than quantum galaxies apart, in income, sophistication, looks, talent and ambition. Perhaps she could have remained a floor director at E!, a sufficiently glamorous job, and he a part-time clerk at a Blockbuster store while working on his celebrity movie nude-scene website (don't ask) in his spare time. Throw in some very graphic and uncomfortable sex scenes, a poorly written sister/brother-in-law dynamic that is strewn with holes, the fact there is no second act at all (or was it no third act?), roundly unimpressive acting performances, and well, and you're left with nothing. Actually, SNL's Kristen Wiig is very funny as an uptight, disapproving E! producer, but that's about it. NO for theater, NO for pay-per-view, NO for rental. MAYBE when it hits TNT. In three years. If it's a slow day.
July 25, 2008

loved it!

Wow, some of you people need to lighten up! This movie is very funny and gets even funnier the more I watch it. I didn't expect it to be as funny as it is. Yes, it's vulgar in some parts, so I wouldn't want the kids to see it, but if you are over 21 you should be able to handle it.
I do however agree that in real life, a beautiful woman like Allison falling for a guy like Ben is a hard sell, but since when do movies ever represent reality? The scene at the nightclub with the doorman is simply hysterical. I give it two, very enthusiastic thumbs up. :) July 24, 2008

Love it

This is such a great movie...I saw it twice at the theatre, and I cant wait to get the DVD! July 18, 2008

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