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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 4208
Released: September 30, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated Media: Blu-ray |
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Editorial Review:
The writer and director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin delivers another a hilarious hit comedy! They say that opposites attract. Well, for slacker Ben (Seth Rogen) and career girl Alison (Katherine Heigl), that's certainly the case - at least for one intoxicated evening. Two months and several pregnancy tests later, Ben and Alison go through a hysterically funny, anxious and heartwarming journey that leads to huge laughs in the most outrageous comedy of the year!
Description of Knocked Up [Blu-ray]:
Unwanted pregnancy might sound like a risky subject for slapstick comedy, but Knocked Up is from writer-director Judd Apatow--so we are in the hands of a man who likes to push things. And like Apatow's predecessor, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up is a shaggy crowd-pleaser, a comedy strewn with vulgarity but with a sweet heart at its center. A one-night stand between the utterly mismatched Ben (Seth Rogen, his first starring role) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) results in said pregnancy, and the two people reunite for mutual support--even though they barely know each other. Ben's a slob who lives with four other guys, all of whom share the same stunted approach to maturity; Alison is a new on-air personality at the E! channel. That these two eventually develop a shared understanding and affection is perhaps the movie's biggest stretch (some of the male-humor jokes amongst the guys are idiotic enough to test anybody's hope of civilizing them).
Rogen and Heigl don't really jump off the screen, but, to be fair, the movie frequently needs them to play straight while the supporting cast cuts up. Virgin vets Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd are around to supply some humor, as Alison's sister and brother-in-law, and the four idiots who live with Ben (Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Siegel, and Martin Starr) are in their own zone of sophomoric bad taste. Still, by 40-Year-Old Virgin standards, this movie doesn't explode, and it sometimes feels ramshackle to the point of not being thought out. Apatow's indulgence of actors creates some fine moments (Paul Rudd seems to have most of them), but it can also make a movie feel flabby, and this one is overlong by the length of a belly. --Robert Horton
Knocked Up [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Funny Movie 
2009-12-16 - Can't go wrong with Seth Rogan. He is a funny guy. If you like Seth Rogans movies and his kind of stoner comedy you will enjoy this. I though I would like Katherine Heigl since I have been a fan since "My father the Hero" but she has turned into such a snob. Since she has became so stuck up its kind of hard to watch her. Overall good movie.
Arrived quickly and as described, thank you very much! Will buy again 
2009-11-28 - Not much to say, dvd arrived in good packaged and quickly. It was just as described and I wouldn't hesitate buying again
Foul-Mouthed but Heartfelt 
2009-07-24 - I have really fallen in love with this new emerging comedy circle that centralizes around Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Jonah Hill and all the others that have appearances in this film. They have a fresh raw comedic taste that sweeps all the B- comedies of late under the rug. It can be very raunchy and offensive, but why hold them back? Only comparable to Kevin Smith films, the Judd Apatow movies aren't afraid to unvail all the taboo were so afraid of.
Knocked up is different from the "circles'" other movies, because it has so much more substance. The unplanned pregnancy is what happens quite frequently these days, and I believe this movie encourages us to take a closer look. The movie may be built of crude jokes, but by the end it will be tugging at your heart strings. I'm sure it takes a lot of talent to create a movie that appeals to both women and men, and furthermore to create it so unrated and yet sincere. I reccomend this film very much to those who have an open mind for comedy, because it really does have constructive behavior as well as guilty pleasure.
The Blu-ray treatment is great, and I really have no complaints. I'm really fed up with Universal's universal blu-ray menu, but aside from all that the movie pulls along fine. Some of the special features are just as funny as the movie. "Finding Ben Stone" has got to be one of the most comical special extra on a blu-ray/dvd I have ever seen. The special features weigh more than the cost of the blu-ray.
So like everyone else will say, if you liked "Superbad" and "40 Year Old Virgin" you have to add this to your collection. It's Superbad with a stronger theme and realer circumstances. If you're looking for a great comedy that you can take something from, Knocked Up is the movie you're looking for.
Outstanding Seller!@ 
2009-03-13 - The product came in quick so I have to be glad for that. The item came just as described...new :-). It was still shrinked wraped and everything, being that it was the lowest price was the cherry on top ;-)
Real fun movie and great on blu ray 
2009-03-02 - Writer/director Judd Apetow is building his own franchise and making a real name for himself with his high quality comedies with his unique special brand of humor and great casting. SUPERBAD does seem to be the most popular thus far but KNOCKED UP is in the same league for me.
Story line is pretty basic. We have an average stoner guy and a beautiful professional woman who meet at a bar, get drunk, have sex and she gets pregnant. In real life such different types of people may not try to make a relationship work but here it is very believable and the development of each character about life, love and acceptance is very realistic as the pregnancy develops. Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen are in top form as their lives are forever altered. Dialogue is funny, circumstances are realistic and having the marriage of Heigl's sister to compare with works great. Paul Rudd shines here and steals all the scenes he is in.
This is a bawdy comedy but manages to put across positive messages about safe sex, responsibility and the fact that relationships can be difficult. It is not a message film by any means but it manages to spread a good positive vein about life and its complications.
Blu ray usually is put to its best use with action films or films with great cinematography which show how the 1080p can be brilliant and how audio can transcend. Comedies can sometimes appear bland on blu ray but this film is crisp, colors are vibrant and video and audio are both at levels above that of the regular dvd. There is much talk of this movie being too long. For me it was not. You will either love it or you won't. For me it had a purpose in the length and the character development also warranted it.
I highly recommend the blu ray version of this film as well as the film itself.