Review: Knocked Up

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I haven't seen a new movie in ages! Chalk it up to end of the school year chaos. So, today, I needed a cinema fix. So much to choose from - the third Shrek movie, the 3rd Pirates movie...

But, I needed something mindless, silly and fun - so chose this new film from Judd Apatow, director of "The 40-Year Old Virgin." I really enjoyed Virgin - it was vulgar and crude in parts, but I thought that at its core, it was sweet and old-fashioned. And the same can be said about this new film.

The story: young professional woman is out celebrating her job promotion. She meets a slacker. They drink too much, and end up spending the night together. 8 weeks later, she discovers she's pregnant. The two must decide how to proceed - do they try to build a future together for the "sake of the child"?

Like "Virgin," lots of profane language and some gross stuff (be warned: the birth scene is pretty gross and graphic). But at its heart, it's a sweet story. The two leads (Katherine Heigl from "Gray's Anatomy" and Seth Rogan) are attractive, and are incredibly well casat. Heigl is really beautiful and funny - she's attractive but accessible. It's perfectly believable that she might hook up with Rogan. And Rogan seems to get more attractive as the film goes on - by the end, you're wondering why she's hesitating to commit to him.

The supporting cast is brilliant. Great to see Harold Ramis as Rogan's father. Rogan's slacker friends are hysterical. And Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann as Heigl's battling sister and brother in law are wonderful. Mann is brittle, critical, and yet you can understand her frustration with her emotionally reserved husband. The relationship between the two brothers-in-law is so real - their bonding is terrific.

A big thumbs up from me. Just keep in mind the language is rough in spots, and some of it is graphic. But on the whole, a sweet love story.
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