KNOCKED UP [2007] review

I had heard a lot of hype about KNOCKED UP and had pretty high expectations, considering I really liked previous Judd Apatow creations FREAKS AND GEEKS, UNDECLARED, and the 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN. And yes there were a few parts that made me ha! But, there was also a lot of malice in the characters, and the hard swearing at members of the opposite sex was too much for me. The hard swearing between the male characters was spot on, but I just found it too unrealistic when Seth Rogan’s character used such strong language at the recently impregnated Katherine Heigl. Also the married couple were really, really full of malice.

Do people like Seth Rogan’s character really exist? Are guys really that clueless around girls? I just think he would have started changing much faster than he did in the movie, but then again, he was high most of the time, so I guess that makes it much harder for one to change one’s behavior.

I had heard this movie had a big heart, at least somewhere underneath, but even by movie’s end I had a hard time feeling it. Maybe it’s just too hard to get used to a pregnancy comedy that is not light hearted and manic, but instead cynical, full of flawed character with high levels of malice and not actually that funny.

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