Funny but not great

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2007)

I think Knocked Up was funny. I do think it was too long and could've spent more time in an editing bay. There were a lot of scenes that were in the final cut that did not progress the character development or the story. Also, the set-up is far-fetched. I'm from LA, there's no way in hell a girl that hot at a club would even talk to, let alone dance with a guy that fugly, unless he was dripping in diamonds. LA is a material place, that set-up should've been stronger. The story spent way too much time with the secondary characters, it's Ben's story. People are freaking over this movie in my opinion because of the dearth of good movies out there. It's not classic, nor will be a classic like Dumb and Dumber or Something About Mary. And I wonder if it got the Guiness World Record for the most F words in a movie...
Once again, fun but not great.
Watch The Hospital by Paddy Chafevsky or Being There by Hal Ashby...Those are great comedies.