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Rating: 5/10 (3 October 2007)

KNOCKED UP 2007 (SETH ROGEN, KATHERINE HEIGL, PAUL RUDD) DIRECTED BY: JUDD APATOW ~ THE RUNDOWN: A generally distasteful comedy; 'Knocked Up' is too long, too unsuccessfully sentimental and the jokes are usually annoying, one-dimensional smart ass jokes...minus the smart. ~ You know when you're at dinner, or at a party or somewhere where people are talking and suddenly you get that strange, annoyed feeling when a couple idiots you may or may not know start quoting unfunny movie scenes line-by-line and arrogantly laughing at jokes nobody but the two of them find hilarious? Well, whether you realize it or not, 'Knocked Up' will probably leave you with that feeling. But don't worry, you're not a jackass for not jumping on the bandwagon. Here, Apatow's 'Freaks and Geeks' crowd seems to have a lot more fun than the alienated audience most of the time in this tedious, sad excuse for the '40 year old Virgin'. It's true, Apatow has shown nothing but brilliance in the past (huge Heavyweights fan...'Virgin','Freaks and Geeks','Dick and Jane'), but there's no doubt about it - he stumbles here when his usually dead-on, slightly satiric and easy-to-relate-to humor doesn't satisfy. Also, when was porn funny? Personally, I love porn. I am pro-porn all the way. But, Apatow, you need to check yo self...comedies aren't meant for epic proportions with running lengths exceeding two hours and intricately shot sex scenes. The critics may be falling for this stylized comedy sh i t, but you're not getting any brownie points from me. As for the acting: Rogen is good and kicks ass as a leading man, although I think it's safe to say he didn't have to do too much Deniro Method Acting for the role. Heigl was also good and convincing, as well as Starr, Segel and the rest of those guys. I gotta say though, Leslie Mann's crying was awful. I'm not a stickler when it comes to acting but she sucked and made a mockery of her scenes. Paul Rudd was pretty sh**ty too. Their performances were very predictable and, for me, didn't help to communicate any of the bs sentimentality. In fact, at times I felt like I was watching portions of a bad sitcom.