Outstanding Dramity

Rating: 6/10 (4 June 2007)

I had read most of the reviews of "hatred" for this film before seeing it opening night. Not one of the people whom disliked the film seemed to give it a bad film because of the plot, poor acting, bad jokes, etc. The only flaw people seemed to bring up was that there was no way that the main characters would ever get together in real life. This "criticism" not only didn't hold water to me (I have bore witness to many a one-night-stands of odd proportions in my lifetime), but I found it to be a very small critique of what appeared to be a much better film than that.
After watching the film, I have to say that this not only had me laughing me almost out of my seat at times, but also had me really knotted up into the love story and coming of age of the characters. Judd Apatow has the Midas touch when it comes to appealing to both the childish man comedy and the classic chick-flick flare. My wife even commented that Seth Rogen even had her pulling for him and that he has a really sneaky attractiveness to him in this movie. Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd both completely lived up to the billing and improved an already talented cast. This movie was well worth every penny I spent at the theater and then some. I may go see it again just to make sure that I catch all the "other" things that I know I missed the first time.