It's Taken Five Months For 2007 To Get An Indefinitely "Good" Movie

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2007)

2007 has been a year full of surprises for most people so far. So many big movies came out: Ghost Rider, Spider-man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It almost seemed like 2007 would be THE best year for movies and that those three would be the perfect evidence. Instead, most people walked away from those movies sour and found more entertainment in Disturbia, a less-than 2 hour somewhat corny thriller.
Now enter Knocked Up, the next movie by the guys that brought you The 40-Year Old Virgin. The story behind the movie isn't anything new, a stoner gets a hard-working hottie pregnant and they need to work things out. But don't let that (or the disappointments this year for that matter) fool you, because Knocked Up is unquestionably the first indefinitely "good" movie so far this year.
Why does Knocked Up actually work? Well, part of it has to do with how easily accessible it is. If you're a guy that loves the outrageous comedies and has a girl that's all over the "chick flicks" or vice versa, there's no reason why you shouldn't enjoy this movie. The style of the movie is like a mix between Liar Liar's lesson of responsibility and The 40-Year Old Virgin's outrageous and totally irresistible comedy. In other words, it's an insane comedy with a great heart.
Knocked Up is a movie that you don't need to speak much about to really emphasize how great it is. All that one really needs to know is that it's a comedy mixed with some romance that works quite well. About the only thing the movie doesn't do well is the length, it's running time is noticeably longer than other comedies. But you know what? What's wrong with a few more laughs, honestly? If the first batch of movies have been 2007's disappointments, then Knocked Up is 2007's redemption.