when 8days, my favourite magazine gave this one 4 out of 5 stars, i tagged it mentally as a must-watch. When IMDb users combined, gave it a 8 out og 10 rating, I told myself I can't miss this one. And when i finally decided to watch The Simpsons first, before this one, I was having an internal heated arguement in my head while watching the adverts and trailers, wondering if I made the right choice.Turns out, I absolutely did. Knocked Up didn't work for me at all. While the characters are funny and amusing to read on print, on screen they just don't deliever. Katherine Heigl as Alison Scott plays it much too serious as the pregnant woman, reducing the laughs by half. Seth Rogen as Ben Stone is like Jack Black in Nacho Libre. Not afaid to flaunt what other don't want to see. Performance wise, he is a little bland and does not have a great commanding screen presence. And was it absolutely necessary to show them having sex cos people in the audience were going like "eww..". AND, if you're the squirmish sort, watch out during the delivery. I had to close my eyes, a first, when watching a comedy.
And his friends are a weird bunch that smoke weed and do nothing with their lives. Could have been much funnier and more fun. But they come across more of creepy than funny. And the Asian girlfriend just made me cringe. The only pleasant surprise is Paul Rudd, Phoebe's boyfriend-turned husband from f.r.i.e.n.d.s. Not that he was fantastic, but he was good enough.
Reason why I'm so bitter is, I was expecting a comedy. A crude, laugh out loud comedy that I paid $7 for. Not a semi-comedy embedded with a couple's ardous 9 month journey, filled with nuggests of advice. Really, it doesn't concern me. So unless you're pregnant after a one night stand, don't watch it. The 2 hours is almost as tiring as getting the baby out.
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