Rozinda Review of Knocked Up

Knocked Up (2007)

Immensely better than I expected from the write-up - intelligent and entertaining

[8/10 · 1 October 2010]

I thought this might be "watchable" if I had nothing else to do so I recorded it. But right from the start, I found myself intrigued because the actors are all so good. It's not a case of "Wow, aren't they gorgeous guys and girls," but "What an intelligent story this is." Idler Hero and responsible-job heroine have a drunken one-night stand much of which they don't remember and heroine ends up pregnant. But the tables turn when the idler decides he must be a proper dad. The story comes and goes quite a bit as we go through the pregnancy and the couple are sometimes together, sometimes apart, as each is insecure with the other and the heroine isn't at all sure a future with this guy is the right answer. The hero gradually becomes more and more responsible, taking charge. The heroine learns to ask for help and support. Problems of pregnancy aren't glossed over and hero proves he is going to be a great husband and a great dad from a rather unpromising start. The final part of the movie is really delightful as hero and heroine, currently living apart, are both preparing for the birth in their separate premises now that the hero has bought his own place after years of squatting with friends. All you need to know after the birth is which home will they live in! I never went, Oh this is amazing, it isn't the kind of movie I'd rave about, but I couldn't stop watching and enjoying seeing two people become mature and learn to love each other. A child may be divisive but not in this case, it makes these two people grow up.