Funny, but disappointing

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2007)

I was quite disappointed. I guess I didn't especially like Virgin when I first saw it, but it's grown on me, and I like it a lot more now. So I had high hopes for this one. And it didn't reach them. It was funny, sure, but not nearly as much as I thought it would be. There were a lot of awkward moments, where I wasn't sure if I should laugh or not; it seemed really mean-spirited at times. It was also far too long. A big chunk of it could have been shaved off and it would have helped greatly. There are a fair share of laugh-out-loud moments, and certainly some memorable characters, but there's far too much going on in this movie at once. There's the main pregnancy, but then there's Ben's stoner friends, Alison's job, the other married couple and their problems, Ben and Pete's friendship, etc. A lot of it just distracted from the main story. And the crowning scene - what the hell? Totally out of nowhere. I laughed a lot, but also felt uneasy a lot of the time. The acting is good, and it's competently made, but it's all over the place a lot of the time. Pretty disappointing.