sweet, smart, hopeful, AND funny. just a great movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2008)

I expected "Knocked up" to be another empty, mindless, overacted comedy, trying too hard and failing in the first 5 minutes. Sorry, but I've seen so many of those, that I feel compelled to give all the credit in the world to this movie, because it is nothing, nothing like that.
It is actually the most decent, sweetest and smartest movie I've seen in a long time. The story, so simple, and yet so complex, is well put together, the characters are all believable and lovable even if they're far from Hollywood perfect (thank God!)
The script sounds real, and the characters actually have something relevant to say every time they open their mouths. Which brings me to the much debated "vulgarity" of the movie, which, in my opinion, had a point. And its point was to give shape to a bunch of characters who were, well, far from English aristocrats. Hence the language.
But the best part of the movie for me was how all the characters evolved, how they all changed, each in their own distinctive way, how they responded to the challenges they met. I found this just, well, uplifting.
And I loved Seth Rogen. Might sound weird to some, but to me he was like a breath of fresh air. :)