Grown-up Fun

Rating: 7/10 (29 September 2007)

Don't know if it was brilliant, exactly, but KNOCKED UP worked. At least for the most part. Judd Apatow once again does a good job of framing scenes that come off with almost an improvisational quality, and the first half-hour of this movie has some great laughs (my personal opinion of Ryan Seacrest has improved considerably).
It isn't great. This feels more like a collection of related skits than an actual story, but since some of these "skits" manage to be either funny, touching, or otherwise entertaining, it's okay. But in a comedy that comes out to more than 2 hours (on DVD), it does seem to get a little long, after a while.
This is a rude, crude movie for adults, though there are some pretty good messages about responsibility and the challenges people face as they start a family (particluarly an unplanned one), and I (personally) would probably let high-school-age kids see it.