Tries to be too clever for its own good!

Rating: 4/10 (13 April 2009)

This is not the funniest comedy of all time but some people will tell you it is. The humour and the script are very well written but it's not laugh-out-loud comedy such as 'There's something about Mary' or 'Airplane'. There are a few moments that'll make you laugh loud like the time when he's having sex with his pregnant girlfriend and the mushroom trip in Las Vegas but that really is it.
You wanna see a funny movie about drugs go and see 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas' a far superior film. 'Knocked up' tries really hard to impress its peers and in doing so is too clever for it's own good. The constant references to other films and in-film jokes have been overused before and this goes over the top.
The writers try and impress you with their knowledge of the film industry and nude scenes in Hollywood films but it's just not really that funny and kind of embarrassing at times. The birth scene with the close up of a certain female part is well done but only used to make people remember the film, in a film where there is not really that much to remember.
I was disappointed when seeing this film but maybe I had been misled by reviews of this movie stating that the vulgar, sometimes sick comedy is hilariously good fun. It is a different film to what I was expecting and runs like a semi serious romantic comedy about the effects of pregnancy. If the film was marketed a little better for what it actually encapsulates then it could have been a very different story.
But there are some good points, if you take the film on face value rather than the 'funniest comedy of 2007' that it clearly is not then you will have a good film to watch. The constant cameos by varied stars are a welcome input into the film but again, trying too hard to be loved as a film.
Instead of laughing out loud most of the time you'll find yourself nodding a few moments later and smirking to yourself thinking'yeah, that was kind of funny'and that is it! It's well written humour and intelligent humour and if this is what you like then this may be the greatest comedy of all time but in my opinion it's just an alright film and is not full of constant hilarious gags as we had been misled to expect. 5/10