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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 532
Released: September 25, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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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 (Unrated Widescreen Edition):
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 (Unrated Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
I tought it was a comedy....it was much more 
2009-10-26 - Wow, i taught it was a comedy but ended up with much more...story...characters..
situations...baby on the way...
For what it was, i think i was a very good movie. At least they did'nt try
to hide what the guys were doing....yes sex and smoke....its happening all
over. Now you have these guys all living and tripping together and they dont
have too much money..but still manage to get high / drunk and have a great time.
No responsibilities...till one of them gets Katherine Heigl pregnant. Here the
movie changes direction and still keeps it interesting.
So many reviewers are stating that the only good thing about the movie
was Katherine Heigl....I say...she is a good actress but dont press your luck.
She did her job...but she could have been anybody else and the movie would
have still being good.
To finish...i like to point out...that ive watched it twice within a year and
still enjoyed it.... so it cant be that bad...
I laughed, I cried, I thoroughly enjoyed...
2009-10-21 - I'm not really sure why it took me so long to actually see this movie, but last night I sat down with some sour patch kids and a 7-Up and braced myself for that comedy that every one of my friends told me was utterly hilarious. I know that it has its detractors, but by and large `Knocked Up' is considered a very funny movie, and I have to agree. What is so much better than just being funny is that the film actually makes good of its soft center. I actually cried (once).
Like my review titled states; I laughed, I cried, I thoroughly enjoyed.
The film follows the outcome of a drunken one-night stand between man-boy slacker Ben and financially unstable business woman Alison. Almost immediately after they awaken, Alison knows that Ben is not suitable dating material (he has no job, no phone and is quite vulgar) but eight weeks later she is forced back into his life when she finds out she is pregnant. Alison, who is living with her sister Debbie and brother-in-law Pete, decides to give a relationship a shot with Ben, and she realizes that behind all that immaturity is a really decent guy (charming and caring and genuinely sweet). Of course, with pregnancy comes drama, drama that is exaggerated due to difference between these two opposites, but `Knocked Up' handles these Hollywood clichés in a fresh way that excites and entertains.
I find it odd that the films star Katherine Heigl had such a scathing remark to make of the film.
She said:
"It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys," she says. "It was hard for me to love the movie."
I actually felt that the film was pretty accurate in its portrayal of relationships between men and women. It has to be pointed out that this is a comedy and that comedies, especially of this nature, are prone to exaggerate truths, but the fact still remains that they are truths. Besides, we are not dealing with all women but with two very specific types; single pregnant women and middle-aged married women with children. The hormones that reign Queen with those two types I feel are represented (with embellishments) rather truthfully here. And let's not forget that the men are presented in a less than perfect light as well. Sure, they are `fun-loving' but they are all brazenly immature. While I completely understand Pete's need to get away and have a break, the way in which he does it is rather selfish, and I totally sided with Debbie (even if she did go overboard). You see, both sides are handed a fair share of critisism, even if the men are painted in a more likable light; but that's because we are fun-loving (to a fault at times).
In the end, both sides have to work towards a compromise.
As far as the acting is concerned, for the most part everyone works wonderfully. Seth Rogan has this really sweet and charming likableness to him; you just want to get to know him. Katherine Heigl plays her part beautifully, and really gets to the heart of this woman who just wants to be happy but doesn't understand what it is that will make her happy. The supporting cast is also pretty great; especially Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd, who chew up the scenery as Debbie and Pete. Mann is truly well rounded, providing just enough vulnerability (that breakdown when she uncovers Pete's `secret' is just fantastic) to make her cold exterior forgivable. Ben's slacker buddies are all merely background fluff, but I was shocked that I really disliked Jason Segel here. I really liked him in `I Love You, Man' where he was creepy but in a strangely charming kind of way. Here, he's just creepy. I want to bring up that Kristen Wiig and the sadly underused Alan Tudyk have very small yet very memorable cameos here.
LOVE THEM.
In the end, I really enjoyed this film. It has some parts that wane on the unrealistic (the doctor at the end is completely unbelievable and kind of annoying when you think about it...I mean, if our doctor had responded that way when my daughter was born I would have punched her in the face without any hesitation) but overall it is a really charming and fun movie. Part of me wanted to give this five-stars, but it isn't perfect and it isn't as well rounded as, say `I Love You, Man' or `Superbad', but it is definitely a film I'd recommend.
And yes, like I said, I cried; when that Loudon Wainwright III song `Daughter' comes on during the closing credits I just couldn't contain myself.
Now, if a slapstick comedy like `Knocked Up' can illicit that kind of a reaction you know it is worth watching.
Knocked Up 
2009-10-06 - Movie start off slow. This movie is an adult movie only. Wasn't happen about the pot smoking in the movie. That should have been left out.
Great Movie for a Great Price
2009-10-02 - The movie came in a better condition than specified. It came brand new in shrink rap, and I thought it was slightly used. Very funny movie for a great price. I would definitely buy from this seller again.
Judd Apatow at his best 
2009-09-15 - This movie is hilarious and heart felt at the same time. Gives me chills every time i hear We Are Nowhere, And It's Now by Bright Eyes in the climax.
