hat rare thing, a modern Hollywood comedy with a heart

Rating: 9/10 (6 October 2016)

Much like Judd Apatow's preceding film 'The 40 Year Old Virgin', this takes a silly high concept Hollywood idea (slacker slob impregnates upper class hottie, and in spite of all odds they have the baby and fall in love), injects it with both high and low-brow humor, pathos, good acting, and real insight. Seth Rogan is terrific, but so is Catherine Heigel, Paul Rudd, and everyone in the big supporting cast.
On second viewing I experienced it as having more heart but fewer laughs than I remembered - an OK trade off. Also, a couple of plot jumps bugged me a bit more - the fact that abortion is never even really considered or even discussed feels like a dodge, and the transition of this unlikely twosome into a couple, even an awkward one feels a bit quickly skipped over for a film that runs over 2 hours. But neither of those points are enough to really hurt a sweet and wonderful character comedy.
Side note: I saw the 129 min theatrical version the 1st time around and the 133 min version on the blu-ray the 2nd.