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Synopsis:
 Knocked
Up is the story of Ben Stone and Alison
Scott. Alison (Katherine Heigl) is a woman
who is entrenched in a career with E!
television network. She is a hard worker and
aspiring television personality. Ben is a
guy whose longterm goal is setting up an
internet site where people can find
precisely where in film to see girls naked.
You may see a tad of a difference here...and
therefore the movie is a comedy.
After a one-night-stand, Alison ends up
pregnant and from there the movie maintains
1/2 romantic comedy and 1/2 goofball comedy.
It succeeds in both ways. Alison's venture
into the life of a societal loser and Ben's
adaptation to fatherhood are both portrayed
honestly. Taboo subjects like sex positions
while you're pregnant are somehow tactfully
done and Ryan Seacrest even has a good 20
second rant making fun of himself.
The
Freak's Rating: B : "Marriage is like an unfunny tensed version
of Everybody Loves Raymond...but it doesn't
last 22 minutes, it lasts forever." That's
just one of the lines in Knocked Up that had
me laughing out loud, delivered beautifully
by the under-rated Paul Rudd. Judd Apatow is
on a roll unlike many writer/directors have
ever been. Apatow is being courted by every
studio, has done films for nearly every
studio and is commitment-phobic enough to
ensure himself the most valuable free agent
in Hollywood today. For anyone who enjoys
any of his comedies like Superbad or Knocked
Up, I would STRONGLY encourage you to hunt
down the short-lived Freaks and Geeks
television show. It was television GOLD and
features the same writing style.
Knocked Up is the latest of his films to hit
home video and if you want a good laugh it
is worth renting. Apatow's primary strength
is writing and he scores another victory in
this one as he writes real life. The male
interaction and the dialogue they have with
one another is honest and sometimes crude.
But guess what ladies, just like Superbad,
that is actually how we talk, at least we
did at some point. Maturity takes away 90%
of it, but all men have an inner high school
teenager version of themselves that sits on
their shoulder and tells them what they
should do. Granted, we learn to ignore it,
but it is always there. The male interaction
in Knocked Up is not nearly as good as in
Superbad, but it is still quite comical and
entertaining.
There are a TON of cameos from SNL alumni
and comedy legends like Harold Ramis as
Ben's Dad. The dialogue is smartly written
and the sentimental moments are well earned.
Knocked Up struggles to keep up the pace and
could have had half an hour trimmed from its
running time (2 hrs 15 min). That said,
there were still at least 15-20 laugh out
loud moments in the film, so I'd definitely
recommend it.
Sebastian's Rating: A- : like the 40
year old virgin... really funny a bit gross though but i still enjoy it every
time i watch it :)
Angie's Rating: C : I thought
Katherine Heigel was good in this movie, but I really thought the men in this
movie were ridiculous and not in a good way. (minus Paul Rudd's character) I
laughed at parts, but overall it was more a feeling of: Run for your life
Allison! The funniest people in this movie had very small roles, ie: Leslie
Mann, Kristen Wiig one of Allison's "bosses", and the hilarious girl at the guys
house?? I think her name is Charlyne Yi?? Those are the highlights for me, I
could have fast forwarded to those scenes and been just as happy.
Eric's Rating : C : I don't know.
It was kind of like someone put really funny characters and edgy material and
put them around a predictable romantic comedy plot. It had it's moments.
Jen's Rating: B
: "There
were several laugh out loud parts and it made me want a baby :) A tad
unbelieveable but I think they did that on purpose and come to think of it,
that's what made most of it so funny. Group of friends could've been more witty,
didn't contrast well with the main male character since he was funny enough on
his own. Seemed like they were trying too hard with them."
Brian's Rating: C- : I thought Superbad
was hilarious. I cracked up multiple times while watching it. One would think
I would also like this one, but it wasn't true. There were moments that made me
laugh out loud, and I did like it better than Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
I think the over the top sexual humor is just not as funny. The dialog between
the characters was the best thing about Superbad, and this had some shadows of
that, but it simply was not as good. I agree with Eric, this is the same old
predictable romantic comedy formula with Superbad humor mixed in. It was
somewhat entertaining, but I would not recommend it, and I have no desire to see
it again.
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