Good Heart Doesn't Save Shaky Plot

Rating: 6/10 (25 June 2007)

Please know that I'm rooting like crazy for Judd Apatow to be an enormous success after the way NBC mishandled his brilliant "Freaks and Geeks," and because I enjoyed "The 40-Year Old Virgin." However, "Knocked Up" misses the mark in several ways.
The main plot point, as others have mentioned, is a little too hard to swallow.
*SPOILER* (I wonder if scenes that illuminated why Heigl's character fell for Rogan's or how Rogan's character suddenly landed a job wound up on the cutting room floor.) *END OF SPOILER*
The depiction of Rogan and his roommates are a sort of comedic fantasy of what it's like to be four, crude, single guys sharing a house. That would be fine, but it just ain't that funny (for the most part). As likable an actor as Seth Rogan is, it was pretty hard for me to like him in this, despite that plot contortions to elicit the audience's sympathy.
What saves this film from failure is the provocative, original dialog in the more serious moments that explores relationship issues and gender differences. Plus, the acting is good all around.
Maybe this film is better if you go see it as stoned as some of its characters are. Still, it is a cut above your average raunchy comedy.