over-rated, overdone, and overly profane

Rating: 2/10 (9 May 2008)

-Lots of spoilers-
Have you ever seen such a tacky, vulgar, and mind-numbing comedy? I swear this could have been made 20 years ago and for a fraction of the budget. "Knocked Up" is about as lame as "Porky's" and "Teen Wolf" (Both 80's comedies) that trade Sex for film-making skills.
I watched this movie on DVD expecting to laugh myself to death. Others also recommended it to me. Honestly I only got two chuckles out of this film. Which is also why I award this film only two stars. First gag was when Seth Rogen defined the word "Prick" to a young girl. I can't even say the one-word definition for it. The second gag was during the birth scene when one of Seth's friends enters the delivery room and Katharine Heigel screams "Get Out!!"
Not only is this film too long, but its also too profane. The basic story is that Rogen and Heigel can't seem to act like reasonable, intelligent adults. If they both were mature enough, the conflict would be resolved in minutes and there wouldn't be a movie. I can't even stress enough on how many times I've heard every curse word in the book. Try putting that movie on TBS. Everyone curses so much its as if they all have tourette's syndrome and have no control of what they say. Heigel who plays a Hollywood reporter on "E" interviews some celebrities. There is briefly Ryan Secreast who swears the moment the cameras stop rolling. Absolutely no reaction from me. Plus she interviews Steve Carrell on the red carpet. Why she would accidentally call him an a@#hole on camera is not well explained. Even in the most public places where swearing would be inappropriate and a civil disturbance, the characters still curse just to test the audience. The language did at least work for Superbad because Rogen was being sincere about high school dialogue. In his youth he did swear on a regular basis.
The story in a nutshell is about two people who get drunk in a bar, and then go home for sex. After Heigel gets impatient with Rogen trying to tear open a rubber, they do it anyway without a condom. Big mistake. Several weeks later Heigel finds out she's pregnant and meets up with Rogen, so the two can make plans for the next 7-8 months. Obviously Heigel has never heard of the morning after pill. If she did she would not even worry about the absence of a condom. Silly Heigel, male condoms aren't even that effective, they can break. For the remainder of it's 2 hours 10 minutes it's uninterrupted swearing, gross out humor, and pot smoking with Rogen and all his stoner room-mates. What's worse than having a long running time is too many characters. There are dumb stoners living with Rogen, especially Jonah Hill basically being himself, an uninvolving subplot with Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann who are a not-so-happily wedded couple, and Heigel's coworkers at her job who only get a little screen time. Comedic actor Harold Ramis highlights the film while also cursing a lot, sadly though he is underused as Rogen's father. Take out all those characters and the film would be a smooth 97 minutes.
If this movie was meant to be a romantic comedy, it failed. With curse words, toilet humor, and a blah blah ending with no surprises, it is neither funny, nor heartwarming. Avoid it!