Random Movie Review: Knocked Up (2007)

Knocked up is a great comedy featuring Seth Rogan and Katherine Heigl. You may recognise Seth from his recent appearance in Superbad, and Katherine's regular appearances on Grey's Anatomy. Knocked Up is a great film, providing an enjoyable experience for the viewer. The film is rated R. It features nudity (breasts) and a whole vocabulary of vulgar language. Older teenagers to young adults would enjoy this movie the most because the style of the movie and the comedic value seems to be directed towards that age group. However, I'm sure older people would still enjoy this film.

Knocked Up does not look like a fantastic movie after watching the film's trailer, however I, and I'm sure others will concur, found the movie a lot better than expected. Main character Ben Stone didn't think much of himself in general. He hang out with a few sad looking guys that he smoked weed with. This was before he went to a club and met Alison Scott. They shared a few drinks. Alison ended up taking Ben back to her apartment and they shared sexual intercourse together, unnoticed by Alison, Ben had carelessly chosen not to wear a condom. This is the base of the storyline.

8 weeks later Alison begins to vomit while working at her job at E! Alison and her friend ( Leslie Mann) take a pregnancy test, and it is revealed Ben is the father of this accidental baby. The movie ends with Alison giving a painful birth to the baby. This whole event is quite humerous, as she screams in pain at the male nurse and the ignorance of her doctor.

Remove the comedy from this film, and it wouldn't be impossible to tell it apart from a non fiction film because of the respectable storyline. It shows the journey two people undertake when they make a mistake of accidental pregnancy and cope with the consequences.

I really enjoyed this movie and would recommend it to any young adults that are looking for a laugh, and who knows? maybe a life lesson on the way.

Official rating 7/10!