I thought this movie was alright, but it wasn't really what I was expecting. I was hoping for a film that was more like 40 Year Old Virgin, which is a very funny movie, one of my favourites. The reason why I heavily juxtaposed these two films is because they're both directed by Judd Apatow, who is known for his wise-crack humour mixed in with lovable slapstick (both genre pretty difficult to master).
What Knocked Up had that I found weakened the film is drama and poor improv. I read in an interview with Seth Rogen (the protagonist) that Judd let him do a lot of improv. While this approach may be creative, it actually led to the characters mostly swearing, and not being witty. Seth also brought in tid-bits of autobiographical info, ie. where he grew up, and some other random Canadiana references. The autobio study was just whatever, but for me, if there's an abundance of profane language in a film, without a balance of wit, then the film has the quality of a typical college home movie (seriously!).
I was also pretty disappointed by the ending. Yeah it was cutesy and all that jazz, but still was pretty unrealisitic.
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