Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd

Alison Scott is an up-and-coming entertainment journalist whose 24-year-old life is on the fast track. But it gets seriously derailed when a drunken one-nighter with slacker Ben Stone results in an ...( read more  read more... )unwanted pregnancy.

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R, 2 hrs. 9 min.

Directed by: Judd Apatow

Release Date: June 1, 2007

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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007

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  • June 8, 2007
    I was going into this, expecting a great, crude broad comedy much like "The 40-Year Old Virgin", but, this is quite different. While it's very funny, the music and songs by Loudon Wainwright made it a little sappy and chick-flickish at most parts, including the end.
  • September 30, 2009
    There are consistent chuckles throughout this film but never any laugh out loud moments. The story isn't totally original but it?s a nice film all the same. Had expected a bit better from a Judd Apatow film though!
  • July 25, 2009
    I hate Seth Rogen he is a POT HEAD! ick....SO IS JUDD APATOW!
  • June 14, 2009
    Hugely infectious and highly memorable, Knocked Up blends a mix of drama and comedy into a cocktail of emotion that is rarely matched. It's insights into relationships,
  • May 11, 2009
    Decent all around, nothing that really makes it stand out, but pretty good overall.
  • November 10, 2009
    It's all fun and games until someone pops a baby out.

    This Guy Over Here picks this as one of the Best Films of the 2000s
  • November 8, 2009
    This movie is ridiculous. It presents itself as a heartless, nasty, sex-orientated comedy in which the main characters do nothing but smoke and watch movies with naked chicks in them. And for the most part, this is true. But at its heart is a beautiful love story and an amazing j...( read more)ourney into a broken down and impossible relationship which keeps trying to work. While there are some fantastic gags in there ("Your looks like Robin Williams' knuckles" is my personal favourite line), the thing which makes this movie so different is the fact that even without the jokes, the film could stand up as a romance/drama film. Instead of dodging all of the actual conventions of a relationship and speeding through moments like Alison finding the untouched baby books for the sake of the audience, this film stays true to the actual story behind it, which I hold it in high esteem for. Any other film which calls itself a rom com needs to take a good hard look at itself. The fact is that most rom coms nowadays are neither funny or romantic. However, Knocked Up achieves, leaving you crying with laughter one moment and crying with emotion the next. Katherine Heigl is absolutely amazing, I cannot say enough about that girl; incredible. And Seth Rogen is great as always. Thank God that Michael Cera got fired. Rogen brings a soft, raw side to Ben, showing how real and emotional a stoner can really be. Paul Rudd is good too and Jason Segel easily trumps the rest of the stoner crew, almost bringing himself to a par with Rogen. However, as I said before, Heigl is the shining star in this piece. She lights up every scene she's in and her dedication to the role is phenomenal. She's also really hot. I put off watching this film for far too long and I'm so glad that I finally saw it.

    Defining Scene:
    Even though I love the Cirque de Soleil sequence and the apartment afterwards, the best scene is from the birth through to the end of the film, especially Ben's recounting of the tale to his newborn child. I actually felt a few tears at that point. Crying! In an Apatow film for goodness sake! Big wuss. Great film.
  • November 7, 2009
    i don't like Judd Appow's comedy. Rude,vulgar,etc.
  • November 7, 2009
    This movie was a nice surprise..didn't think I would like it that much, but it was very funny and charming :)
  • November 5, 2009
    Well, this looks like a generic bromance movie. Huh? Akqward pregnancy? And this will all result in a hilarious social phobah!

Critic Reviews


August 24, 2007
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Very funny for an hour, Judd Apatow's script and direction are finally mugged by a gang worse than any of these. The feelgood moralists, who terrorise all parts of Tinseltown. full review

July 11, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press

Judd Apatow's Knocked Up may have a provocative title, but just like a TV sitcom that placates an audience's apprehension about the real world, it neither titillates nor challenges. full review

June 2, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim

A virtual cinematic guide to pop culture circa 2007. How it all plays 10 years from now doesn't really matter because we guarantee you will be quoting lines from this movie for a long time to come. full review

June 1, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Hilarious from moment to moment, but leaving behind both a warm glow and a sting. This is a picture that refuses to fetishize either the ability to conceive or the significance of our place in the uni... full review

June 1, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today

What makes the movie so winning are its endearing and relatable characters who spout believable dialogue and amusing banter, steeped in clever pop-culture references and sharp observations of human na... full review

June 1, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

While Apatow's movie isn't perfect, it's still a fumbling and funny valentine to the shock of pregnancy, the reality of love and the chaos of all that comes after. full review

May 31, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

It may be a bit, um, premature to say so, but Judd Apatow's Knocked Up strikes me as an instant classic, a comedy that captures the sexual confusion and moral ambivalence of our moment.

May 31, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

If you want to hate on Judd Apatow's Knocked Up -- and the anti-crowd-pleaser contingent will surely ding it -- then get ready to be drowned out by the sound of laughter from the rest of us. full review

May 30, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

The likelihood of [director Judd] Apatow turning into Chris Columbus or Ron Howard seems refreshingly slight. full review

May 29, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

Knocked Up feels very now. The banter is bruisingly funny, the characters brilliantly childish, the portrait of our culture's narrowing gap between children and their elders hysterical -- in all senses. full review

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Comments


  • itbegins2005
    February 25, 2008
    Oh, my GOD- I just realized what this is.

    This movie is the explanation of the fat guy/hot girl TV couple.

    It's the frikkin' origin of the Flintstones, but set a few hundred thousand years in the future.

    No, just think about it! Rogen is Fred, the crude, lower-class slob, and Heigl is Wilma, the upper-crust beauty who falls for his oaffish charm, and their bastard offspring is Pebbles. Paul Rudd would be Barney, and Leslie Mann would be Betty- hell, the only difference between these two stories is that Betty wasn't Wilma's sis, and Fred never took bong-hits with his work buddies or went with Barney on a 'shroom-filled trip to Rock Vegas... at least, that we know of.
  • RickyxCuiit
    January 30, 2008
    i am in love with this friken awes. movie . its soo funny and really realistic. ♥ Bill Hader & ♥ the hilarious Seth Rogan !

    -Jamie Bui
  • lisamccarvillexox
    January 27, 2008
    one of d best movies eva made!!! fuckin clas!!!
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    January 9, 2008
    So with this, WAITRESS, and JUNO, I guess 2007 will always be remembered as the year of the pregnancy movie!
  • mia2kl2002
    December 9, 2007
    Gross and unrealistic, but offers some hope for losers and slackers. If this guy can make something of himself and be worthy of fatherhood, then lots of others can, too.

    Katherine Heigl from Grey's Anatomy was a nice choice for this role of a kind and smart but ditzy blonde who makes a big mistake then chooses to make the best of it.

    Harold Ramis was funny as the father of the guy who admittedly had no idea what a father was supposed to do and admitted he had been high all the time when he raised the boy. So... there you go... anybody learning anything from this? Let's hope so.

    Rent the video, then fast forward through the gross and unnecessary stuff-- for instance:
    1)The sex scenes between these two are moronic and sad.
    2)The scenes with the loser guys talking and smoking dope are pathetic and sickening.
  • yassmineraluk
    November 4, 2007
    is funny
  • bm3y2k2
    October 31, 2007
    i want to see his filmmm
  • sk8erteen
    October 26, 2007
    chesticles hahahah
  • ccfiddler
    October 25, 2007
    this show is funny
  • annrodrick
    October 14, 2007
    I just got the DVD!! I love it, I watch it over and over again! Love the soundtrack too!!!

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