Ahh Knocked Up. A film I have been wanting to see for a while now, ever since I heard that it was from the director and producer of The 40 Year Old Virgin (Judd Apatow). The film starts with Ben (Seth Rogan) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) in their normal lives; Ben is a stoner and unemployed, while Alison is an up-and-coming anchor for E! news. They meet one fateful night at a club, and wind up drunkely hooking up afterwards. 8 Weeks later, Ben gets a phone call that changes his life.
This film was hilarious on so many levels. Judd Apatow has a way of creating characters that are so diverse and interesting, and Knocked Up is no different from his other sucessful films. Some other standout preformances include Paul Rudd as Pete, Jason Segel as Jason, and Leslie Mann as Debbie.
As far as the pacing goes it slowed down a bit for me towards the end, as did the humor, but it was still a fairly solid film, with a great ending that seems so uncommon in many of todays films. I can't recommend this movie enough, for the laughs, of course, but also for the endearing realism that also permeats the film. Some of my favorite scenes involve Ben talking with his Dad (Harold Ramis) about fatherhood and life. This movie doesn't glorify the situation that Ben and Alison are in, it shows us the consequences and how they both grow up and mature enough to handle it.
*****/*****
