Frankly, found it boring and tired

Rating: 3/10 (16 November 2007)

I finally saw KNOCKED UP yesterday, and as with a few of the other reviewers, I don't really see what all of the fuss is about. I'd like to think of myself as a "fan" of Judd Apatow; I never saw 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, but I like his work from THE CRITIC and the LARRY SANDERS SHOW (and, hey, who CAN'T like HEAVY WEIGHTS?).
Simply put, I thought this movie would be a dull and hackneyed rehash of the usual frat fare, and it was. Yes, the fellows in it aren't the best looking guys, and they're presumably "literate" when it comes to movies and whatnot (though, I do despise the level of pop culture references in this one: felt like more of a commercial at times, both because I could care less about the whole American IDOL/LOST set, and because I didn't think guys like that would necessarily watch that nonsense either). But, in the end, they're still just frat guys/ jocks living inside the bodies of fat slacker losers (who somehow are able to pass through without having jobs).
The most difficult thing for me to reconcile about the film is the fact that the script was so unbelievably rigid in its fascism of the characters. People were just simply MARRIED; but you never had a feeling that they truly cared for each other. People suddenly CHANGE at a key moment, but you never really see even the most subtle development beforehand. And no one ever seems to respond to one another, especially when telling (or trying to tell) a joke. There were a number of times in which someone (namely Rogen) says something that makes you cringe and say, "No. Not even a fat slacker loser like that would think to say something so vulgar at a time like this. He may be a stoner, but he's not mentally challenged, and he certainly knows a thing or two about being a nice guy. He wouldn't say that. He knows better."
The other stories at play were hardly developed and really meandered throughout. This fact, plus the mindbogglingly poorly developed wooden characters led me to feel that the best I could say is that, in the end, this film is pretty decent television.
Admitedly, I sat through the entire film, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. Yes, it was very popular, but McDonald's is the best-selling restaurant in the world and they don't necessarily serve the best food...