Fairly straightforward and well-crafted situation comedy.

Rating: 7/10 (25 June 2007)

Yeah, I can see what other people are saying. Judd Apatow definitely does have a sense for honest-to-life dialog, especially where his male characters are concerned. "Knocked Up" is a generally funny, worthy two hour film about a common mistake and how it manages to bring two people together despite their differences.
Seth Rogan and Katherine Heigl both do their jobs admirably, and for once a comedy of this type actually has supporting acts relatively worth something. This is a very open type of comedy, there's a little bit of humor for a lot of different dispositions. Never does the druggy humor or the whole point of Rogan as unattractive slob ever degenerate to simple stupid "Mook" humor, and never do their worries fall into simple hysterics--the obvious approaches to this film. Instead, it's a much more natural, straightforward form of situation comedy that is relatable to a huge demographic of people.
Now the question remains, is this a film with any lasting power? As it were, the movie itself is a finely crafted piece of work that is also so quiet and honest that it might not really stick out in people's memories at all. "Knocked Up" is definitely an at-the-moment type of movie, indicated by such things as its contemporary technology humor ("I Google'd 'murder'") and the whole Internet-start-up subplot ("Like Mr. Skin?" was what I was thinking too). I ended up paying 9 bucks to see it... it was probably worth more around 6.
--PolarisDiB