2008 Woodie Awards
Atwood gets 'Knocked Up'
Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: Intermission
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Playing this past weekend in the Atwood Theater was "Knocked Up," a side-splitting flick that chronicles the surprise of parenthood thrust upon a pair of unsuspecting, wildly different people.
Judd Apatow, director of "The 40-year-old Virgin," works with Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen in this film.
Rogen plays Ben Stone, an irresponsible 23-year-old party animal and overly occasional drug user who lives with his friends as they attempt to start up fleshofthestars.com, a Web site dedicated to clips in movies where famous female stars get naked.
One night at a club, he meets Alison Scott (played by Heigl), a rising star herself on the E! Entertainment Channel. One thing leads to another, and the next morning the two realize they have almost nothing in common with one another.
After an extremely awkward breakfast, each goes their own way. Two months later, Ben receives a call from Alison asking him to dinner, where he finds out not only that she is pregnant, but he's the father and she has decided to keep the baby.
Ben promises to be a part of the baby's life, and the two decide they should try to get to know one another.
Side commentary adds a second dimension to the flick as Alison's sister Debbie (Leslie Mann) and brother-in-law Pete (Paul Rudd) try to help the two out, although their marriage itself is a dynamic and extremely funny white water rafting ride.
It reaches its peak when Debbie begins to suspect that Pete is cheating on her. Debbie doesn't think much of Ben and doesn't hesitate to tell Alison exactly that.
When Ben turns to Pete for advice on fatherhood, he doesn't get the optimism he had hoped for.
The hilarity is ratcheted up another notch when Alison finds it impossible to tell E! she is pregnant and decides baggy clothing is preferable to getting fired, which she thinks will happen if they find out.
All in all, the movie provides a lot of humor packed into the 129 minutes of this film, without some of those forced moments the viewer gets in the director's previous film.
If you missed it in theaters, head to the video store the first chance you get, and snatch it up. You'll thank me later.
Judd Apatow, director of "The 40-year-old Virgin," works with Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen in this film.
Rogen plays Ben Stone, an irresponsible 23-year-old party animal and overly occasional drug user who lives with his friends as they attempt to start up fleshofthestars.com, a Web site dedicated to clips in movies where famous female stars get naked.
One night at a club, he meets Alison Scott (played by Heigl), a rising star herself on the E! Entertainment Channel. One thing leads to another, and the next morning the two realize they have almost nothing in common with one another.
After an extremely awkward breakfast, each goes their own way. Two months later, Ben receives a call from Alison asking him to dinner, where he finds out not only that she is pregnant, but he's the father and she has decided to keep the baby.
Ben promises to be a part of the baby's life, and the two decide they should try to get to know one another.
Side commentary adds a second dimension to the flick as Alison's sister Debbie (Leslie Mann) and brother-in-law Pete (Paul Rudd) try to help the two out, although their marriage itself is a dynamic and extremely funny white water rafting ride.
It reaches its peak when Debbie begins to suspect that Pete is cheating on her. Debbie doesn't think much of Ben and doesn't hesitate to tell Alison exactly that.
When Ben turns to Pete for advice on fatherhood, he doesn't get the optimism he had hoped for.
The hilarity is ratcheted up another notch when Alison finds it impossible to tell E! she is pregnant and decides baggy clothing is preferable to getting fired, which she thinks will happen if they find out.
All in all, the movie provides a lot of humor packed into the 129 minutes of this film, without some of those forced moments the viewer gets in the director's previous film.
If you missed it in theaters, head to the video store the first chance you get, and snatch it up. You'll thank me later.