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Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
The film is a lovely poem to social awkwardness and life's little mistakes (the lemons-into-lemonade kind), buttered up with a devastating amount of bellylaughs and piercing marital realities that continually marvel. "Knocked Up" is undoubtedly one of ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
SCREENED AT THE 2007 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL: Running just over two hours yet genuinely hilarious and heartfelt throughout, writer-director Judd Apatow’s 'Knocked Up' proves to be just as funny as 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin,' if not a bit more cohesive in ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)
filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
What separates the films and television series of Judd Apatow from the rom-com epidemic (I feel that term is fair) is a singular word: growth. Apatow's works spend time with their characters, main and supporting, enough so that we can sincerely laugh ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Cabin)
Orlando Weekly (John Thomason)
If you want to locate the greatest artistic divide in American comedy today, look no further than the case of Apatow v. McKay. Now, God knows I don’t want to sever any bond here between Judd Apatow and Adam McKay; after all, the versatile Apatow, in ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Orlando Weekly (John Thomason)
Cinema Blend
of just how complex men can be.
Nowhere is this more true than in Apatow’s latest flick, Knocked Up. The 40-Year Old Virgin director tackles the worst nightmare for the single man – having a one night stand with a girl and then finding out that ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Cinema Blend
Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Let me 'fess up to loving Knocked Up – and to admit it does seem strange to give four stars to a movie of crude humour, relentless profanity and a hospital scene of seat-squirming intensity.
Let me further report – warn, perhaps? – that this is ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
The Onion A.V. Club
The small miracle of Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin is that it played by the rules of a frathouse sex comedy—the inexperienced nerd hero, the cadre of guys pushing him into action, ample T&A and raunchiness—but it tweaked them with knowing ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Film School Rejects (John Cairns)
Film School Rejects (Chris Beaumont)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
SCREENED AT THE 2007 SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL: The 40 Year-Old Virgin is one of the most consistently brilliant comedies in the last decade and beyond. The Borat fiends can shanty about all they want, but that film was the real deal. It combined ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
New York Post (Kyle Smith)
The Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Filled with real characters, great pop culture references, foul-mouthed jokes and with a gooey sweetness right at the center, Knocked Up is a comedy classic. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Reel.com
The film's humor and eventual triumph stem from the fact that nothing is set up. These are just honest and funny characters that like to laugh as much as we do, not a constant Gatling-gun of one-liners. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Reel.com
San Francisco Chronicle
There are lots of good things to say about "Knocked Up," the latest from writer-director Judd Apatow, but the most essential thing is that it's long. It runs 129 minutes, which is about a half hour longer than audiences have been conditioned to expect ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at San Francisco Chronicle
Film School Rejects (Kevin Carr)
I know I’m going out on a limb with this, but it is quite possible that the new film “Knocked Up” is proof that Judd Apatow is a comedic genius. What starts out on paper as a tired old romantic comedy plot about a one-night stand that turns into a ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Film School Rejects (Kevin Carr)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
One of the most impressive things about "Knocked Up" -- an impressively funny and bawdy comedy from the man behind "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" -- is that it's basically just another "men and women are different" premise, yet it lays out both sides ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The Dallas Morning News
The mismatched couple at the heart of Knocked Up never seriously considers an abortion, or giving up the imminent new arrival for adoption. Instead, slacker Ben (Seth Rogen) and go-getter Alison (Katherine Heigl) struggle along as they prepare to make ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Dallas Morning News
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Knocked Up proves predictibility isn't necessarily a strike against a movie. Almost from the beginning, with the help of what I caught from commercials, I knew exactly where this comedy was going -- an accidental pregnancy would turn some man-child into ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
ReelzChannel (Heather Huntington)
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Future Movies (Mike Barnard)
ReelzChannel (Heather Huntington)
Hollywood.com (Brian Marder)
Knocked Up barely meets the “romance” quota that qualifies it as a romantic comedy, but fear not, fellas—it’s mostly comedy, and of the highest grade. The movie centers around two twentysomethings who couldn’t be more different: gorgeous, ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Hollywood.com (Brian Marder)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
The movies are already packed with portraits of pathetic schlubs who -- through the guidance of benevolent, beautiful women -- learn to grow up and accept life's responsibilities. Judd Apatow's Knocked Up is no different, but it feels more honest, as if ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
In terms of offensive sexual content , "Knocked Up" is one of the more crude and crass films scheduled for this summer. A romantic comedy obsessed with sexual humor and drug gags, this one makes the Farrelly brothers' films look tame by comparison. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
MovieWeb (Julian Roman)
Finally, a breath of fresh air arrives in the stale summer of sequels. Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" is an absolute winner. It's funny as hell, but never lets the raunchy humor get away from the clever and heartwarming story. The premise is highly original. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at MovieWeb (Julian Roman)
About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
How’d he pull it off? The answer's simple. Apatow’s characters are grounded in reality. The Freaks and Geeks creator doesn’t just load his movies with pretty people spouting movie dialogue, he actually creates films with characters you’d meet at ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
As far as comedy/dramas are concerned, nobody could accuse “Knocked Up” of being unoriginal. The main plot takes the movie staple of the one-night-stand to a new level, with this particular one-night-stand actually resulting in a pregnancy. This ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
If you want to hate on Judd Apatow's Knocked Up -- and the anti-crowd-pleaser contingent will surely ding it -- then get ready to be drowned out by the sound of laughter from the rest of us. I'll admit there's something sitcom-trite about the setup. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Film School Rejects (Nate Deen)
Variety
The basic setup -- pregnant with comic potential, naturally -- is simplicity itself: Ben Stone (Seth Rogen), a contentedly underemployed slacker, meets ambitious Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) at a trendy Los Angeles nitery. She's feeling celebratory ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Variety
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
"Knocked Up" throws away the rule book on romantic comedy to give us a giddy relationship story that is as fresh and messy as real life.
The smart, ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Nearly two years ago I wrote in the review of “The 40-Year-Old Virgin:”
“…for those souls, 17 and over, who want to have some serious belly laughs from a movie that really pushes the envelope, “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” is just the ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Film School Rejects (H. Stewart)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
For Knocked Up, writer/director Judd Apatow's sophomore feature, the filmmaker has elected to follow pretty much the same formula that made his debut, The 40 Year Old Virgin, such a success. Considering how winning the formula is, it's a safe approach. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
In style and raunchy humor “Knocked Up” has all the earmarks of a mass market date movie. But would a guy want to take a girl on a date to see a film in which the heroine accidentally, as the title says, gets knocked up? It reminds me of a situation ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
hybridmagazine.com
So the previews sum up the plot pretty well. Local loser winds up nailing local (successful) hottie, manages to impregnate her, and embarks on a nine-month-long journey of discovery (or lack thereof). Ben Stone (Rogen) has spent the last 10 years of his ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at hybridmagazine.com
ShowBIZ Data
Judd Apatow's Knocked Up is receiving far better reviews than any of the big sequels that were released in May. In fact, A.O. Scott in the New York Times calls it "an instant classic." He writes: "The wonder of Knocked Up is that it never scolds or ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
This mega-laugh comedy combines bawdiness and slapstick sequences with characters who are flawed but lovable in their attempts to deal with the messy changes of life. Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) proves that his comic talent as a writer and ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
The Cinema Source (Rocco Passafuime)
While most Hollywood comedies of recent years tends to focus more on placating to expectations and bombarding the audience with jokes and gags one after the other, Judd Apatow has proven to be an anomaly in the world of mainstream comedy. While his 2005 ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Cinema Source (Rocco Passafuime)
Christian Science Monitor
(Harvey Karten)
As “Knocked Up” prepared to hit theaters on June 1, reviews appear to be comparing writer-director Judd Apatow to Aristophanes, the father of comedy. ”Uproarious. More explosively funny than nearly any other major studio release in recent ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at (Harvey Karten)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
At a club, Ben meets Alison (Katherine Heigl), an attractive blonde who is way out of his dating league but has been celebrating her new job as a reporter on the E! Channel and is so drunk that she finds herself agreeing to a one-night stand. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Time Out
SXSW REVIEW: 'Knocked Up' is the biggest film screening at this year's SXSW festival, and it also happens to be by far the funniest. Written and directed by Judd Apatow, the man responsible for breakout hit 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' in 2005, the film, as ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Time Out
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Over two hours is far too long for a comedy. But everything else about this film works perfectly. Not only is it hysterically funny, but it's refreshing to see a movie about adults that's not dumbed down for kids.
Ben (Rogen) is a 23-year-old slacker ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
A big, fat, gooey smile fixes itself to your face early on in Knocked Up, an impossibly sweet and unerringly sympathetic comedy of misfortune. As writer-director Judd Apatow’s follow-up to The 40 Year-Old Virgin, the movie also has the good sense to be ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Time Out New York (Melissa Anderson)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Rarely ever nowadays do I get excited about a theatrical, Hollywood comedy. They are often predictable, poorly written, and unfunny beyond belief. But every once in a while, one manages to not only be engaging and smart but also (wow!) funny too! Knocked ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
It's common knowledge that Hollywood is a very competitive industry. Everyone wants in; people troll the streets of Los Angeles with their screenplays in hand; thousands upon thousands of film students across the country compete for a precious few paying ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
First with the Steve Carell showcase, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," and now in the self-explanatory "Knocked Up," writer/director Judd Apatow is racking up a solid string of adult-themed comedies that don't insult your intelligence. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
CNN Showbiz (Paul Clinton)
In a summer set for domination by inflated franchise movies in exhausting (and often exhausted) mega-mode, "Knocked Up" is a designated sleeper, the little movie that could -- and should -- clean up.
For once, critics and moviegoers are likely to be ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at CNN Showbiz (Paul Clinton)
The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
It may be a bit, um, premature to say so, but Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up” strikes me as an instant classic, a comedy that captures the sexual confusion and moral ambivalence of our moment without straining, pandering or preaching. Like “The ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Film Journal International (Wendy R. Weinstein)
Knocked Up arrives just in time for summer, when everyone needs a good R-rated romantic comedy, except perhaps the kids, who would enjoy it if they could get in. The two children in the film, Iris and Maude Apatow (the director's daughters) steal all ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Film Journal International (Wendy R. Weinstein)
Chart Magazine
A couple of years ago, Judd Apatow revived the intelligent lowbrow comedy. The genre was basically destroyed in Hollywood by the Farrelly brothers, who made one blockbuster (that wasn't even very funny) and then attempted to make the same film nine more ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Chart Magazine
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Entertainment TV production assistant Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) gets a big break when asked to be an onscreen personality. She and her sister hit the town to celebrate her new job and she meets ambition-deprived Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) at a local ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
MovieWeb (Timothy M. Bruderek)
Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
MovieWeb (Aaron Steven)
efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
As he demonstrated with “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” writer-director Judd Apatow has a unique ability to make sordid subject matter come off sweetly. In his hands, “Knocked Up,” a movie that deals with unprotected sex, rampant drug use, marital ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
disappointment the minute I heard it was in development. The expectations were unfair, but the comedic pairing (and word that Paul Rudd was in the mix too) had the film on a pedestal position too perfect for any film to live up to. Going into the ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Empire Magazine [UK]
Movies for Guys
Judd Apatow returns to the directors chair to follow-up his surprise hit from 2005, the 40 year old virgin, with another solid film from his genre. I say his genre because in my estimation he is the 'John Hughes' of the 2000's and we all know Hughes ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Movies for Guys
eFilmCritic.com (Greg Ursic)
Cinematical (Scott Weinberg)
Thanks, Mr. Apatow, for (once again) proving that "R Rated Comedy" is not the exclusive domain of the base, the callous and the insipid. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Cinematical (Scott Weinberg)
efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Considering that the world of cinematic humor is in such a parlous state at the moment that the average film can barely scrounge up enough wit to fill a two-minute trailer, let alone a feature-length running time, it seems positively churlish to actually ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
FilmJudge (David Mercier)
eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
Before "The 40 Year Old Virgin", Judd Apatow was probably best known as the creator of two TV series much-beloved by those who saw them ("Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared"). These were not envelope-pushing shows, in fact leaning far more toward the ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
If anyone wants to start a Judd Apatow cult, hand me a hooded robe and give me a fat, smiling, golden Apatow idol to worship. I'm in. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
The Hollywood Reporter
Sex is still funny in "Knocked Up," Judd Apatow's follow-up to "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" that plows the same fields -- balancing outrageousness with sentiment, pairing men-children with mature women -- without feeling at all like a retread. Although ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Hollywood Reporter
Kulturblog (Supergenius)
It seemed, I imagine, like a logical thematic progression from The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which is one of the funnier movies in the last ten years; follow the major life events of a slacker nerd, and after losing your virginity the next event will either be ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Kulturblog (Supergenius)
Reel.com
Hollywood's reigning auteur of raunchy romantic comedy, Judd Apatow, scores a near-knockout with Knocked Up, his extremely funny and sweetly endearing follow-up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). With generous helpings of acerbic good humor, his ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Reel.com
The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Slant Magazine
above all other concerns, the guiding objective of comedy is to be funny. Knocked Up achieves this goal in spades. Yet what makes Judd Apatow's follow-up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin such a consistently good time is its ability to provide sincere rom-com ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Slant Magazine
Film School Rejects ("El Bicho")
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
It’s easy to picture exactly what you will get when you purchase your ticket to the movie “Knocked Up”. The poster says it all, with the goofy close-up of Seth Rogen and the tagline, “What if this guy got you pregnant?” and you know that it is ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
By all rights, I should loathe Knocked Up with every fiber of my being. It perpetrates two pieces of cultural dogma that send me into fits of rage: 1) having a child is the only path to fulfillment in this life, and 2) men are rutting morons stuck in a ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
MovieMaze.de (Daniel Licha)
Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
THE poster for Judd Apatow's first feature, "The 40Year-Old Virgin," gave us Steve Carell gazing beatifically into the middle distance above the encouraging tagline, "Better late than never." The poster for his second feature, "Knocked Up," gives us Seth ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up, from his own screenplay, has become the critical sensation, movie newsmaker and cocktail-party conversation piece of the season, and you should see it by all means if you wish to remain au courant, and if for no other ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
Dirty talk and sweet nothings flirt mightily in "Knocked Up."
And the duet of raunch and sentimentality works almost flawlessly with "Grey's Anatomy" stunner Katherine Heigl and up-to-now supporting-player goof Seth Rogen in the ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Jolie Williamson)
Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
With The 40 Year Old Virgin and now Knocked Up, writer/director Judd Apatow has found a unique niche for himself in combining the off-color humor of a gross-out comedy with the trappings of a romantic comedy and somehow making the blend work seamlessly ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
Knocked Up is the master of the aside. For those of you who have never heard the term an “aside” is a short off topic comment (meant as a joke of course). In the aside style method there is no traditional comic setup, it’s not the Wedding Crashers ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
The Baltimore Sun
Judd Apatow is the best friend the schlubs of the world have ever had, for in the world he's created onscreen, they always get the girl. And not just any girl, but the most beautiful girl. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Baltimore Sun
Boston Globe
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and his new "Knocked Up" make writer-director Judd Apatow today's preeminent creator of low-concept sex comedies. The sex is unsafe, the drug use is rambunctious, and the lewd jokes are delivered with cheer. Yet what happens to ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Boston Globe
Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
With the lowest form of body-parts frat-house humor balanced against an unlikely emotional tie due to an unplanned pregnancy, writer-director Judd Apatow puts out a way long attraction-of-opposites romantic comedy that tests more positive than otherwise, ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
The Arizona Republic
The actors in Knocked Up probably had as much fun making the movie as you will watching it.
The comedy, which features much of the cast from The 40-Year-Old Virgin, often feels like voyeurism - a bunch of really funny guys (and girls) invited us over ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Arizona Republic
L.A. Daily News
It feels a little weird to praise "Knocked Up" for its insightful character comedy.
After all, the thing is basically a schlubby guy's fantasy.
Immature, unemployed, overweight pothead Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) wins the heart of hot blond career woman ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at L.A. Daily News
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
She's soft and round in all the right places.
He's soft and round in all the wrong places, and as furry as Robin Williams to boot.
She's the kind of woman guys like him end up with only on TV sitcoms. He's the kind of guy women avoid making eye ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
You know what? I'm not quite ready to jump on the Judd Apatow bandwagon after all. The two flicks he's written and directed so far (The 40 Year Old Virgin was the first one) are pretty damn funny, but not as hilarious and inspired as Anchorman and ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
It is hard, if not impossible to begin one’s film with Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” playing on the soundtrack and then live up to such a raucous, raw leader. O.D.B.’s indulgences in funk and extremely coarse obscenity certainly does ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
"Knocked Up," writer-director Judd Apatow's hilarious followup to "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," is going to make Mr. Skin very rich. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Some of the most successful comedies of recent years have struck a balance between raunchy gags for men and relationship humor for women. One of the best of this two-headed species was 2005's "The 40 Year Old Virgin." Judd Apatow, the co-writer and ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Ben (Seth Rogen) is a slacker and Alison (Katherine Heigl) is a preppy career girl – it’s not so rare for a mismatched pair like this to get together for a one night stand, ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Screenhead
The title pretty much tells you everything you need to know: One-night stand leads to baby. Which could accurately describe the Matthew Perry/Salma Hayek trifle Fools Rush In, only Knocked Up director/writer Judd Apatow wisely ditches the mixed races ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Screenhead
OhmyNews (Brian Orndorf)
If there's a person on the planet who isn't charmed by the endless delights of "Knocked Up," I have no desire to meet them. The film is a lovely poem to social awkwardness and life's little mistakes (the lemons-into-lemonade kind), buttered up with a ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at OhmyNews (Brian Orndorf)
Bullz-Eye.com
It’s been a long time coming for Judd Apatow. Success, that is. Following his involvement in three of the most critically acclaimed television series of the past 15 years (“The Larry Sanders Show,” “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared”), ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Judd Apatow offers another helping of the combination of romantic sweetness and slob comedy that made “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” such a smash, and it will doubtlessly bring in big bucks again. But there will be some—a minority, perhaps, but maybe a ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
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The setup is simple. An average guy, Ben (Seth Rogen) has a one night stand with a hot girl, Alison (Katherine Heigl)… 8 weeks later, he gets the news that she is pregnant. What follows is their journey to try and make their relationship work and find ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at movies music and everything else
Appreciating Great Trash (Chris Coleman)
Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Written and directed by Judd Apatow (40-Year Old Virgin, Freaks and Geeks), Knocked Up basically reverses romantic comedy conventions, with an ill-timed pregnancy and romantic commitment leading to the inevitable complications for its central characters. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Funny? Sometimes. Hilarious? Not so much. KNOCKED UP, written and
directed by Judd Apatow, is a druggie comedy that plays like the bloated
brother of the crisper and cuter THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, Apatow's last
picture. Running a butt-numbing two ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at
Aced Magazine
After sharing little more than multiple shots of alcohol, the young, seemingly mismatched couple, are now struggling with the unknown and somewhat terrifying prospects of parenthood. Alison worries about the effects the unexpected pregnancy will have on ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Aced Magazine
The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAN GOES OUT TO A CLUB ONE EVENING, GETS DRUNK, AND DECIDES TO ASK A GIRL HOME SPONTANEOUSLY? THAT IS THE MAIN CONNECTION THAT HAPPENS IN KNOCKED UP, FROM THE WRITER AND PRODUCER OF THE HIT MOVIE "THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN". ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Unlike Judd Apatow's first feature, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up suffers from an aimless, overlong sort of vibe that often threatens to negate its many positive attributes. The film generally plays like a rough cut; Apatow has included a ridiculous ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
Knocked Up, a comedy that clocks-in at over two hours, has a confident studio behind it. In this case, Universal's optimism stems from the success of writer, director and producer Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin in 2005. But his powers of persuasion ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at ReelTalk (John P. McCarthy)
The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
Judd Apatow, writer/director of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and the new "Knocked Up," makes very funny movies, funnier by far than most comedies coming out of Hollywood. He fills them not with A-list actors coasting on their reputations, but fresh new faces ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
Writer-director Judd Apatow's big-screen follow-up to 2005's "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up" is every bit its equal but not exactly a signifier of growth for the filmmaker. Serving as companion pieces as well as stand-alone efforts, both pictures ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
Entertainment Insiders (Janos Gereben)
If this be nepotism, bring it on! "Knocked Up" director Jeff Apatow gave his wife, Leslie Mann, and their two young daughters, Iris and Maude Apatow, important supportive roles, and the three pretty much walk away with the movie.
San Francisco native ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Janos Gereben)
Ruthless Reviews
Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up is an odd little duck of a movie; the sort of raunchy, dimwitted escapism that can bathe deeply in endless pot smoking, profanity, and hedonism, yet swing around and embrace a pro-life message that would have James Dobson ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Ruthless Reviews
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Writer-director Judd Apatow follows up his smash debut film, The 40-Year-Old Virgin with another successful comedy, Knocked Up, which may even best the out-and-out laughs quotient of his very funny previous effort. It's a very adult comedy, albeit with a ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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Seth Rogen sounds like someone trying to do an Albert Brooks impression and not quite pulling it off. He has fleshy, indistinct features swathed in stubble and topped by a bush of brown curls; I have trouble recalling him visually even after watching him ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
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Knocked Up is a surprisingly crass, way over-marketed movie about an oafish loser with chauvinistic tendencies, who gets a pretty girl pregnant after a drunken one-night stand and then remains an oafish loser with chauvinistic tendencies for almost the ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Moviepie.com
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It’s hard to fall in love on purpose. This would be the simplest version of Knocked Upâ€s premise. When Ben (Seth Rogen) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) learn she is unexpectedly pregnant, their mission for the rest of the movie is to find a way not only ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
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"Knocked Up" is a comedy about pregnancy and parenthood -- for men. ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Great comedies work on us the way great dramas do: They burrow deep inside, planting timed-release capsules of mood and feeling that may self-activate hours, or even days, later. Writer-director Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" is that kind of comedy, ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
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Two summers ago I remember seeing the trailers for “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and thinking that it looked rather weak and feeble minded. I didn’t see it until about a month after it came out; my friend Jayson and I were bored and not expecting much, ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at 411mania.com
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The attraction that exists between wisecracking, hirsute Jewish males and reserved, statuesque gentile females is one of Western civilization’s great wonders, a sociological anomaly that causes thousands of otherwise agnostic wisecracking, hirsute ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)
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Out-of-wedlock pregnancy is just the tip of the iceberg. "Knocked Up" (Universal) may well be the raunchiest mainstream romantic comedy ever released. All the genuine wit and positive sentiment in the beauty-and-the-geek tale gets washed away by an ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Look: I’m not saying that writer/director Judd Apatow (The 40 Year-Old Virgin) has not given us an accurate representation of the state of modern relationships as many, perhaps most Americans experience it. It’s that he’s celebrating as charming ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
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A TV entertainment journalist (Katherine Heigl) whose professional life seems to just have taken a turn for the best when she is promoted, discovers that she is pregnant after getting drunk and having sex with a man (Seth Rogen) she had just met,. She ...read the complete Knocked Up movie review at kids-in-mind
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by cory on March 05, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Knocked Up plays fun on the dreaded unwanted pregnancy between a slacker and an aspiring TV host.
What makes Knocked Up so funny is Seth Rogan's character, Ben. His dimwittedness makes for lots of silly scenes as he doesn't know how to ...
by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
Sure, this movie was good. I love Judd Apatow. He was great as a writer for Larry Sanders and Roseanne, but this movie isn't all that amazing. Sure, there are funny things here and there, but some of the references and plots in the movie are from 8 ...
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