Day Thirty-Six: Knocked Up

KNOCKED UP

Starring:
-Seth Rogan
-Katherine Heigel
-Paul Rudd

Written & Directed by: Judd Apatow

MPAA Rating: R


My buddy Kyle got me this movie for Christmas a couple of years ago. Just so he could tell people he got me knocked up. I never see Kyle any more. Wonder why…

According to this movie, we live in a world of shrewish women and bitter men. I guess this is somebody’s reality, but it isn’t mine. Anyway, the premise of this one is that a drunken fling leads to a relationship. Seth Rogan lives with his immature loser friends and Katherine whats-her-face (Allison) lives in her married sister’s guesthouse. Allison’s married sister has two cute kids and is married to Paul Rudd. Lucky.

Allison works for an entertainment television show where she has to sit around and listen to Ryan Seacrest rant all day. But, there is a light at the end of this tunnel because her boss is, drum roll please, ALAN TUDYK! WOO! Alan tells her she’s been promoted to on camera so Allison and her sister go to a skanky bar to celebrate.

Here Allison meets Ben. They flirt before going back to Allison’s little place to mack. Since this movie is called KNOCKED UP, I’m pretty sure you can figure out what happens.

Allison figures out that she’s pregnant and decides to keep it. She breaks the news to Ben, whom she never planned to see again, and they go get an ultrasound.

Ben and Allison break the news to their folks, and Ben’s dad is Harold Ramis, who may be one of the coolest people on the face of the planet.

Allison meets Ben’s loser friends and they start seeing each other. They buy baby books and cute little clothes and things and Ben starts hanging out with Allison’s family. Blah, blah, blah, their relationship grows, Allison gets found out at work, and Ben’s hopes and dreams are crushed by MrSkin.com.

They’re on, they’re off, Paul Rudd is playing fantasy baseball, Debbie yells at a black man, and there’s a hotel room in Vegas that has five different varieties of chairs.

Ben decides to grow up. He moves out of the crack den, gets a job, and stops sucking on his bong all the time. In the end, Ben’s the only one around when Allison has the kid and they get back together.


I get that this movie wanted to get at all the crazy relationship drama but is there something I’m missing? Does getting married turn a woman into a psycho controlling shrew? Similarly, do married men run off the Vegas and do mushrooms at the drop of a hat? I’m just not willing to believe that this movie is a fair representation of either sex.

One thing I hate is a labor scene in movies. I’m telling you ladies, all that screaming and yelling is not helping you. Don’t waste all your energy telling your husband how much you hate him. You’ll have plenty of time for that in the years to come.

By the way, did I mention that Alan Tudyk is in this movie?


FINAL GRADE: B

Off in search of my baby daddy,

M.