Best American comedy since Something About Mary

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2007)

This movie is absolutely hilarious, and sustains the comedy throughout, instead of getting sagged down in maudlin sappery as others in this genre are likely to do. The script is smart, with up-to-the-minute pop-culture references, and despite the somewhat amoral one-night-stand-cum-pregnancy premise and raunchy dialog, is surprisingly old-fashioned in its treatment of the romance between the main characters. There are also a number of other three-dimensional characters in the movie, each of whom is interesting in his or her own right, and comedic as well (especially Paul Judd's character), rather than dead weight or mere props. I hope this movie beats out Spiderman, Shrek, Pirates, et al as the box office king of the summer.