A Knockout! One of the Summer's Best

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2007)

Director Judd Apatow knows how to get the audience's attention with sexual titles such as "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and this movie, "Knocked Up!" He specializes in raunchy, foul-mouthed comedies that don't resort to external gross-out humor a la "There's Something About Mary" or "Wedding Crashers" with talented frat packers like Ben Stiller or Owen Wilson. Right now on my mind, speaking of such, how about a movie getting back Stiller with Cameron Diaz and she gets to work with Wilson, someone she never worked with yet. These two guys could play men in love with her, fighting over her, with uproarious results. Wouldn't that be a riot?
But getting back to Apatow and his own style of comedy, he has a wonderful troupe of sarcastic actors - Seth Rogen, his real-life wife, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, to name a few - lending a hand to the leading lady, Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy" fame. And like "Virgin," the themes are love, sex, family, and laughing with groups of good friends, something we can all relate to.
The title tells all - Two yuppies - Rogen, an internet nerd accompanied by his buddies, and Heigl, a promoted TV network reporter accompanied with her older married sister Mann, meet in a bar, and without thinking about it, have a one-night stand. Both agree to keep the baby and become devoted parents. They are confused about how to maintain the relationship, and in some parts, are not so sure whether they want to stay together. But all works out, and baby is born. Watch for hilarious cameos by Joanna Kerns as Heigl's Mom and legendary funnyman Harold Ramis as Rogen's Dad.
This is a fresh summer movie where the audience laughs themselves silly. You can laugh so hard you won't be able to hear the lines. This is my blurb - Get Knocked Out at Knocked Up!