Great Reviews For a Comedy?

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2007)

I had no idea who Judd Apatow was until this movie came out (shut...UP). Then I read the review for Knocked Up in Entertainment Weekly and People. Both gave the movie a great review and mentioned its constant, in-your-face realistic humor, which is a rare element in most comedies nowadays (the Chuck and Larry movie does NOT count). Intrigued, I went and saw Katherine Heigl shag Seth Rogen's stifler without protection (boo protection, yay beer!) and witnessed their physical (former) and mental (latter) transformations in the subsequent nine months. Saying the movie wasn't great would be criminal, but as I was laughing I had this slightly disturbing feeling in my gut. What hinders this movie from becoming a classic is the way it treats such a realistic, life-changing topic. Kramer vs. Kramer treated divorce with delicacy and poignance, but Knocked Up treated, well, being knocked up as if it's something that should be shrugged off and laughed about at a dinner party. ***