Review - Knocked Up
Life in Joe motion
Knocked Up nicely champions the regular guy
Review by Robert Newton
KNOCKED UP
Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl and Paul Rudd; Written and directed by Judd Apatow; 129 minutes; Rated R [for sexual content, drug use and language]
Every decade, movie audiences need a funny Hollywood Everyman. Tom Hanks ruled the 80s, Jim Carrey defined the 90s and now, it is Seth Rogen’s turn. He is not yet a household name, but in The 40-Year-Old Virgin director Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, Rogen proves that he has the chops for the job. He plays Ben, an unfocused, 20-something party boy whose one-night stand with Alison (Katherine Heigl), an up-and-coming TV anchor, results in unexpected fatherhood.
Apatow, who produced the gone-too-soon TV series “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared,” is fast becoming the John Hughes of his generation, with this one even resembling Hughes’ 1988 comedy She’s Having A Baby. Here, he tells a […]
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