| | | What if This Guy Got You Pregnant?
Features: Widescreen, Rated R, DVD, English, Spanish, French, Dolby, Dolby Digital (5.1)
From the writer and director of The 40 Year Old Virgin comes the hilarious and unforgettable must see comedy hit of the year! Ben and Allison's story was supposed to be over after one night but unexpected consequences bring them together in a wildly funny yet heartwarming journey that can be summed up in two words...oh baby!
"An instant classic, a comedy that captures the sexual confusion and moral ambivalence of our moment without straining, pandering or preaching." A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Judd Apatow is making the freshest, most honest mainstream comedies in Hollywood." David Ansen, NewsWeek
"Uproarious...more explosively funny, more frequently, than nearly any other major studio release in recent memory." Joe Leydon, Variety
"Ridiculous comedies can be fine, but the ones that matter creep up close to the truth. This one lives in it." Kyle Smith, New York Post
"The very opposite of a storybook romance, and also the very model of a great comedy for our values-driven time." Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Ultimately, what makes Knocked Up a terrific film--one of the year's best, easily--is its relaxed, shaggy vibe..." Robert Wilonsky, The Village Voice
"No one writes for ensembles better than Apatow, and his players are all skilled at giving his work a loose, improvisational feel." Scott Tobias, The Onion A.V. Club
Editor's Note
Katherine Heigl (GREY'S ANATOMY) and Seth Rogen star in this hilarious and touching comedy as two mismatched people brought together by a one-night-stand that results in an accidental pregnancy. Using many of the same actors from his previous film, THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN, and his cult television series' UNDECLARED and FREAKS AND GEEKS, director Judd Apatow once again finds fresh humor in relationships and sex. Young, bright, and talented, Alison (Heigl) has everything going for her. After being promoted to an on-camera role at E! Television, Alison goes out to celebrate with her older sister, Debbie (Leslie Mann). Not long into the evening Debbie is called home to her kids, leaving Alison in the eager company of charming slacker Ben (Rogen). In the dark of the nightclub and in the ensuing drunk hours, Ben seems like a great guy. But in the sober light of day, Alison quickly discovers the man in her bed is nothing more than an overgrown child with no job, no money, and the social habits of a teenager. Brushing him off politely as a one-time affair, Alison goes on with her life, until two months later she realizes that the unthinkable has happened.Apatow establishes the differences between his protagonists early in the film, bringing their contrasting worlds to life with stellar performances by secondary characters. Paul Rudd has never been better in his role as Alison's bitter brother-in-law, whose somewhat dysfunctional marriage to Alison's feisty but insecure sister unfolds in parallel to Alison and Ben's story. Meanwhile, Ben's home resembles a frat house, and his friends (Jay Baruchel, Jason Segel, Jonah Hill, and Martin Starr), while hilarious, are hardly role models. KNOCKED UP will have audiences cracking up from start to finish, and it also deals with some serious issues about commitment, life choices, and becoming an adult. The film asks universal questions in a sweet and touching way, achieving a sad humor that distinguishes it from other films of its genre.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Deleted Scenes | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Extended/Alternate Scenes | | Feature Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Judd Apatow, Executive Producer/Star Seth Rogen & Actor Bill Hader | | Featurettes: Roller Coaster Doc, Directing The Director, Line-O-Rama, & Loudon Wainwright, III - Live At McCabe's | | Gag Reel | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 9/1/2009 |
| Running Time: 129 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 61101740 | | UPC: 00025195014410 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"Hot, hip and hilarious in ways you have to see to believe, KNOCKED UP is the comedy of the summer and maybe the year." 06/01/2007 p.82Entertainment Weekly
"KNOCKED UP may be the sharpest, most up-to-date commentary on current pop culture not involving Jon Stewart or Comedy Central....A blast of fresh air." -- Grade: A 06/08/2007 p.60-61 Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Heigl, the GREY'S ANATOMY stunner, is an exciting new star with real acting chops and a no-bull quality that ups her potential. And Rogen is dynamite..." 06/14/2007 p.110 Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "KNOCKED UP introduces a new comedy hero in the portly shape of 25-year-old Canadian Seth Rogen....We may even be looking at the next Bill Murray. A new star is born." 09/01/2007 p.118 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "The mix of emotionally rich humour and sheer bawdy pleasures make KNOCKED UP one of the finest Hollywood comedies for years." 09/01/2007 p.30 Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "It's loose-limbed and unpredictable; there's something leftfield in its DNA, like a slacker version of Woody Allen without the neurotic noodling." 09/01/2007 p.44 USA Today
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Raunchy but still a family values comedy....The year's best comedy to date..." 09/28/2007 p.3E Rolling Stone
Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2007". 12/27/2007 p.121 Wall Street Journal
?By turns sweet and crass, KNOCKED UP winningly charts the courtship of the ultimate odd couple.? 04/10/2009 ReelViews 9 of 10
For Knocked Up, writer/director Judd Apatow's sophomore feature, the filmmaker has elected to follow pretty much the same formula that made his debut, The 40 Year Old Virgin, such a success. Considering how winning the formula is, it's a safe approach. The often ribald humor is genuinely funny. The characters are endearing. And there's something warm and sweet about the underlying storyline. Apatow is clearly a romantic, even if there's a profane edge to his "love conquers all" worldview...It's hard to say whether Apatow has grown with Knocked Up, but he hasn't regressed. The humor is just as edgy and R-rated as it was in The 40 Year Old Virgin, and it's likely that those who enjoyed the previous movie will be as entertained by this one. If more movies were like this, going to see the majority of Hollywood's so-called "comedies" wouldn't be such a dull and joyless experience. - James Berardinelli
Reel.com 8 of 10
Hollywood's reigning auteur of raunchy romantic comedy, Judd Apatow, scores a near-knockout with Knocked Up, his extremely funny and sweetly endearing follow-up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). With generous helpings of acerbic good humor, his trademark, sexually graphic dialogue, and surprising emotional honesty, Apatow turns the most simple of premises...into a thoroughly winning and frequently hilarious reflection on the pleasures and pitfalls of marriage and parenthood...Apatow has a ball sending up the assorted phonies, backstabbers, and sycophants at E!, including none other than the ubiquitous Ryan Seacrest...As funny as these scenes are, they nevertheless pull us away from Alison's relationship with Ben, which blossoms into romance a little too quickly, given their vast differences and the bedroom miscommunication that binds them. Still, Rogen and Heigl make such an appealing couple--his boisterous sarcasm bouncing off her smart retorts--that you're more than willing to overlook the occasional storytelling lapses in Knocked Up... - Tim Knight
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