Knocked Up
Time for another comedy. This time, we're going to see just how funny the miracle of birth can be. However, can they make it entertaining? Let's find out.
The movie opens up by introducing us to two completely different groups of people. There's the Scott family, namely Alison (Katherine), Pete (Paul Rudd), and Debbie (Leslie Mann). The other is a group of friends that live together and run an adult celebrity website. This group of friends includes Ben Stone (Seth Rogan), Jason (Jason Segal), Jay (Jay Baruchel), Jonah (Jonah Hill), and Martin (Martin Starr). One night, Alison and Debbie head out to a club to have some fun while Ben and his group of buddies head to the same club. At the club, Ben and Alison run into each other and get to know each other. After some time, Debbie has to leave while Alison wants Ben to come back to her house to have some more adult fun. A few weeks later, Alison starts having problems at work and eventually discovers that she's pregnant. So now Alison tries to get Ben to help her through her pregnancy because he's the one that got her pregnant.
For the most part, this movie is hilarious. The dialogue is written wonderfully and knows how to create a relatable and lovable cast of characters, even when something terrible happens. There's never a moment where you want this relationship to fail because you can see how hard they're trying to make it work, and for the most part, they do. However, just like most relationships, they do have their moments where their relationship could come to a halt. Then you realize that, even when they're pushed to this limit, they're still there for each other. It's hard for a relationship like this to work in film, because it usually just feels forced and nothing is done about it. However, given the circumstances, a forced relationship is what it should feel like and that's how the characters see it too. They realize that they're trying to make each other love them, but they know barely anything about each other.
There's not really much I can say bad about the movie. The only problem I had was that the humor sometimes went a bit far, especially during the birthing scene. I'm not willing to go into great detail, because I know there's people out there that can't really deal with that.
So should you watch Knocked Up? Definitely. If you can't handle certain parts of birth, like the screaming or anything else, just step out of the theater for that part. It's only a minute or two long. If you got it on DVD, then just fast forward. There's no reason to skip this movie, unless it's just not for you.
The movie opens up by introducing us to two completely different groups of people. There's the Scott family, namely Alison (Katherine), Pete (Paul Rudd), and Debbie (Leslie Mann). The other is a group of friends that live together and run an adult celebrity website. This group of friends includes Ben Stone (Seth Rogan), Jason (Jason Segal), Jay (Jay Baruchel), Jonah (Jonah Hill), and Martin (Martin Starr). One night, Alison and Debbie head out to a club to have some fun while Ben and his group of buddies head to the same club. At the club, Ben and Alison run into each other and get to know each other. After some time, Debbie has to leave while Alison wants Ben to come back to her house to have some more adult fun. A few weeks later, Alison starts having problems at work and eventually discovers that she's pregnant. So now Alison tries to get Ben to help her through her pregnancy because he's the one that got her pregnant.
For the most part, this movie is hilarious. The dialogue is written wonderfully and knows how to create a relatable and lovable cast of characters, even when something terrible happens. There's never a moment where you want this relationship to fail because you can see how hard they're trying to make it work, and for the most part, they do. However, just like most relationships, they do have their moments where their relationship could come to a halt. Then you realize that, even when they're pushed to this limit, they're still there for each other. It's hard for a relationship like this to work in film, because it usually just feels forced and nothing is done about it. However, given the circumstances, a forced relationship is what it should feel like and that's how the characters see it too. They realize that they're trying to make each other love them, but they know barely anything about each other.
There's not really much I can say bad about the movie. The only problem I had was that the humor sometimes went a bit far, especially during the birthing scene. I'm not willing to go into great detail, because I know there's people out there that can't really deal with that.
So should you watch Knocked Up? Definitely. If you can't handle certain parts of birth, like the screaming or anything else, just step out of the theater for that part. It's only a minute or two long. If you got it on DVD, then just fast forward. There's no reason to skip this movie, unless it's just not for you.