Funny, yes, but somehow weirdly beautiful. One to watch!

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2007)

I started watching this film with a scepticism, i expected it to be funny, and vulgar, with witty jokes, and that is exactly what i got. However, when the film centred in on the love of Alison (Katherine Heigl) and Ben (Seth Rogen) and the birth, it was actually a weirdly beautiful thing. I'm not one to enjoy any films to do with love and all that rubbish (hence why i chose to watch this film) but towards the end, i started to enjoy the lovely-dovey stuff that came to light and enjoyed it even more with the jokes that tended to deter away from the sad/love things. There were many jokes surrounding the life of the group of pot smokers, but, i didn't expect a lot of the jokes to be well thought up and to be honest, quite smart. Obviously with a film like this you get the basic jokes that were in-your-face but i feel there was just the right amount of it for it still to work.
Also, there was the gorgeous Katherine Heigl as a lead which made it more aesthetically pleasing but also the character of Ben performed brilliantly by Seth Rogen which tended to make it more accessible to the viewers as, lets be honest, he is physically blessed but he acting was top knock and he was very funny.
I would recommend this film to you as it is a must-see. If you are only into romance-type films, then i would steer clear, but only if you cannot appreciate some toilet humour, if you can, there is still an element of love and it should be seen. Don't BE DETERRED if you do enjoy the films about weed and silly jokes, because that is predominantly what this film is about and the jokes are very funny.