Quite possibly the most overrated movie in film history....

Rating: 2/10 (18 April 2008)

When I heard about this film, I really had no desire to see it. Then seeing that it was one of the best reviewed films ever on Rotten Tomatoes, I decided to see why many of the nation's critics were proclaiming this film to be a major masterpiece, on line with some of the greatest comedies ever committed to celluloid. Normally, when a film has a 90 percent approval on Rotten Tomatoes, I am suspicious. The vulgarity of the film doesn't bother me. The childishness of most of the main characters doesn't bother me. What deeply offends me is the preposterousness of the main story. These 2 characters would never get together in real life, only in a contrived, forced feel good movie such as this. This is another variation on stoner slob "regular" guy meets impossibly beautiful woman, and they get it on. Hollywood is probably to blame for bad relationships across the board in this country because of films like this. In reality, if a woman got pregnant by a guy like this, she would either have the baby on her own, or more likely, procure an abortion (probably the latter). It feels like that cliché that the "couple should stay together for the kids", which in the long run hurts the children. In reality, the woman would have woken up the next morning, realised she made a mistake, and would have taken care of it.
The film does have some funny moments. I especially like Ryan Seacrest, who is actually the funniest thing in the film. There's a scene where Seth tokes on a bong with a gas mask on, which I found to be cool. And some of Seth's friends repartee is amusing, though not incredible sweet, touching, and hilarious as the critics are trying to make us believe. It boggles the mind that the critics would make this film sound like a masterpiece. Maybe Judd Apatow is a really cool guy and treats critics well. Or maybe our standards are pretty abysmal right now, so a mediocre film like this gets raised to the level of Duck Soup and Lawrence of Arabia.
Overall, there's a few funny bits here and there, but the main story is so preposterous it's insulting. It's not worth your time.