Knocked Up (2007)

For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.

Director:

Judd Apatow

Writer:

Judd Apatow

Stars:

Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd

8 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Seth Rogen	...	Ben Stone
Katherine Heigl	...	Alison Scott
Paul Rudd	...	Pete
Leslie Mann	...	Debbie
Jason Segel	...	Jason
Jay Baruchel	...	Jay
Jonah Hill	...	Jonah
Martin Starr	...	Martin
Charlyne Yi	...	Jodi
Iris Apatow	...	Charlotte
Maude Apatow	...	Sadie
Joanna Kerns	...	Alison's Mom
Harold Ramis	...	Ben's Dad
Alan Tudyk	...	Jack
Kristen Wiig	...	Jill

Storyline

When Alison Scott is promoted in E! Television, she goes to a night-club to celebrate with her older married sister Debbie. Alison meets the pothead reckless Ben Stone and while having a small talk with Ben, Debbie's husband Pete calls her to tell that their daughter has chicken pox. Debbie leaves the place but Allison stays with Ben, drinking and dancing along all night; completely wasted, they end up having a one night stand. Ben does not use a condom and eight weeks later, Allison discovers that she is pregnant. She calls Ben and they decide to try to stay together and have the baby. However, Ben needs to grow up first to raise a family of his own.

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Plot Keywords:

prego | unplanned pregnancy | one night stand | pregnancy | slacker | 

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Taglines:

Save the due date

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, drug use and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Judd Apatow Project

Filming Locations:

Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino - 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$30,690,990, 3 June 2007

Gross USA:

$148,768,917

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$219,076,518

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Apatow Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min 133 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kim Basinger, Debra Winger, and Frances Fisher were each offered the role of Alison's mom, but all three turned down the part.

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Goofs

In the bar scene in the beginning of the movie, Ben helps himself to two Coronas. He then hands them to the ladies. However, Coronas require a bottle opener, which he never used.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jay: I got to get off! I got to get off! Got to get off! Got to get off!

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Crazy Credits

Baby photos of the cast and crew are shown during the closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

The edited version aired on E! in the US includes the deleted scene with the main characters all interacting with Ben and Allison's daughter as the background image for a sped-up closing credits sequence.

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Connections

Features Carrie (1976)

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Soundtracks

Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Written by RZA (as Robert Diggs Jr.), Ol' Dirty Bastard (as Russell Jones)
Performed by Ol' Dirty Bastard
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Vulgar, Sure, But Certainly Not Stupid.

I've noticed a lot of the negative comments about this title tend to focus on this movie's vulgar, 'stupid' humor. Now let's get one thing straight. Knocked Up is vulgar, absolutely it is, but is is not stupid. Stupid humor is crap like "Mr. Woodcock" and "Good Luck Chuck," movies with no real craft to any of their jokes.

"Jessica Alba fell down!!! Ahahahahahaha!"

"He yelled 'sex' really loud!!! Pssshhahahahahaaheheheheeee!"

No. Die.

Knocked Up, on the other hand, is actually pretty clever most of the time. And even the movie's vulgarity isn't done in an over-the-top, simply-for-gross-out way (cite the fat bitch from Good Luck Chuck). It's what I guess you could call 'relevant vulgarity.' Anyway, the movie is extremely funny. Every joke is naturalistic, but not expected. The movie's characters are all convincing and multi-dimensional, and above all likable. Seth Rogan really does make the movie, though. He is hilarious, but he comes off more like a real nice, frank, down-to-Earth guy. Just the kind of guy you'd like to sit down and have a beer with. The kind of guy you'd more than like to get smashed with. The kind of guy you'd really like to have ill advised unprotected sex with. The kind of guy you'd love to raise a bastard child with. Needless to say, he's the reason the movie works.