Good Film....eventually

Rating: 6/10 (14 November 2007)

Knocked Up winds up being a funny and honest movie...eventually. It has a running time of 2 hours and 15 min. My advice to anyone watching would be to skip the first hour and 15 min. Nothing really happens in this time except the setup to the film (which is not even remotely plausible), and a LOT of penis and fart jokes. A lot. The first few are mildly amusing, the 20th one, not so much. There are no spoilers involved in the following setup. Katerine Heigl plays Allison, an absolute knockout, who is intelligent, funny, and who's career has just taken a big leap forward with her recent promotion at a popular entertainment network (that's the believable part). She suddenly decides to go to a club one night (apparently the only date she can get is her sister) and for some reason, no one hits on her. No one. So, obviously desperate (and a bit drunk), she decides to pick up the biggest loser in the club (Ben Stone), invites him back to her place, and has wild sex with him (apparently because he helped her get a drink at the bar. Guys, if you want a really hot girl to have sex with you, this may be your plan).
Despite being disgusted at the sight of him the next morning, and despite the fact that she realizes that this man has no income, no ambition, lives in a post-college frat house with 4 other man-children (insert penis joke here), and can't seem to say anything remotely intelligent or tactful, she improbably decides..."let me stick it out with this guy", since she's been, yup, you guessed it, insert movie title here.
However, it is a broad comedy, so I suppose some leeway should be given (and this setup involves a LOT of leeway). But after it settles down in the 2nd hour, it becomes a really honest (and funny) portrait of adult responsibility and the headaches and joys that come with it. And this almost makes the first half worth sitting through for.