This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
View MoreActress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
View MoreIt is not funny at all. Not a haha or he or chuckle. The biggest movie sin of all time. What's uncomfortable? People Bickering, arguing, woman lamenting through the whole movie, and men being portrayed as 5 year olds. is not fun to watch. The guy is a prototypical moron and she is shrill and not fun to watch. tor won't deliver your babyThe plot was lame and his friends are the biggest slackers ever portrayed. Also it's depressing! The movie has such a negative outlook on family why would you want one?
View MoreOne thing that I did not like about this movie is that it portraits men as the weaker partner in a relationship. Why do they have to obey their wives all the time? Why do they have to be the ones that have to change? They are not valued and that does not drive them away instead it makes them want these women even more. For example, the scene when Debbie accuses Pete for not caring about the offenders in the neighbour. She treats him quite bad and he just takes it. Or when she does not respect Pete's need for alone time. I do understand that the men were maybe in the wrong and were acting irresponsible but my point is why are men portrait as irresponsible and woman as the know-all and always in the rights in the first place? It's like men were the kids and woman the parents. And because of that men needed to change and beg the woman to take them back. I just think that real life relationships are not like this. Woman are not always the more mature partner and therefore should not always get their way because sometimes they are wrong. But because people see movies like this, they create this idea that men should always be the ones to change or beg to get back together. Just not real life.
View MoreIf you've seen any of Seth Rogen's movies, then you should know that he always plays a laid-back goof-off whose life revolves around getting high. Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" is no exception. I thought that the funniest scenes were the ones where Katherine Heigl's go-getter meets Seth Rogen's slacker friends. This story of an unexpected pregnancy makes no pretense about being completely silly.As to Heigl's claims that the movie was sexist, I can see where she's coming from. According to the movie, men are degenerate morons who want to sit around getting stoned, while women are sexy, ambitious types who snap easily. There's no shortage of movies that depict that, and I wouldn't say that "Knocked Up" casts aspersions on anyone.The main point to take is that Seth Rogen revels in low culture. You can bet money that his next movie will cast him as a stoner who talks about sexual organs and bodily functions all day. As for the widespread dislike of Katherine Heigl, it seems misplaced. She strikes me as an obnoxious individual, but is she really a worse person than, say, the Koch brothers? I liked "Knocked Up", but it won't be for everyone.
View MoreKnocked Up (2007): Dir: Judd Apatow / Cast: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Harold Ramis: Few directors can strike gold twice but Judd Apatow is one of few. He previously made the hilarious The 40 Year Old Virgin, an observant comedy about sex introduction. Now here he is with the aftermath of sex and another comic masterpiece. Katherine Heigl stars as a young woman promoted to on camera at a news facility but upon celebrating at a nightclub she meets an irresponsible pot smoking party animal played by Seth Rogen. A night of passion leads to pregnancy and the totally altering of lifestyles. Director Judd Apatow is observant in themes of change and adaptation. Heigl is strong as a woman growing too fast yet accepting the challenge of motherhood. Rogen plays off someone torn between responsibility and carefree. Leslie Mann plays Heigl's older sister who struggles in her marriage to Paul Rudd. She gives Heigl advice that is met with scorn in the face of Rogen's lifestyle and whether or not he is fit for fatherhood. Rudd is reclusive in that Mann makes the decisions and he basically tells Rogen about his routine. Harold Ramis is perfect casting as Rogen's father who offers advice during a crucial heart to heart scene. Hilarious view of unplanned pregnancies resulting in a comedy that gets knocked up to the best films of the year. Score: 10 / 10
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