WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAN GOES OUT TO A CLUB ONE EVENING, GETS DRUNK, AND DECIDES TO ASK A GIRL HOME SPONTANEOUSLY? THAT IS THE MAIN CONNECTION THAT HAPPENS IN KNOCKED UP, FROM THE WRITER AND PRODUCER OF THE HIT MOVIE "THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN".

 

BEN(SETH ROGEN) IS A 20 SOMETHING DO NOTHING WHO HANGS OUT WITH HIS BUDDIES AND SMOKES WEED. ALLISON (KATHERINE HEIGL) IS AN ASPIRING TV HOST AND PRODUCER WHO JUST GOT A JOB WITH E ENTERTAINMENT TV. THEY MEET IN A CHANCE ENCOUNTER DOING WHAT IS DESCRIBED ABOVE, AND THE TITLE SAYS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

 

THE FILM "KNOCKED UP" WHILE A DECENT COMEDY IS NOT NO "40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN". IN FACT IT ISN'T EVEN CLOSE. THE EXCESSIVE LANGUAGE, AND THE EXCESSIVE DRUG USE SOUGHT OF TURNED ME OFF TO THE FILM.  THE FILM DOES HAVE ITS GOOD TEACHING MOMENTS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SUBJECT THAT MAY APPEAL TO A 15-16 YEAR OLD AND THEN YOU FILTH IT UP, SO THAT IT GETS A "R" RATING, THIS MY FRIEND DOES NOT WORK.

 

SETH ROGEN WHILE BEING A SOMEWHAT IDIOTIC AND STUPID LOOKING ACTOR, TRIES HARD, BUT SOMEHOW DOES NOT SUCEED. KATHERINE HEIGL WHILE BEING ATTRACTIVE, NOWAY IN REAL LIFE WOULD SHE, #1 LIVE WITH HER SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND #2 BE INTERESTED IN A LOSER.

 

THE ONLY CHARACTERS I DID LIKE WERE HAROLD RAMIS AS THE "JIM'S DAD" SORT OF FATHER AND PAUL RUDD AS THE HUSBAND OF ALLISON'S SISTER.

 

AS A CRITICAL RATING, I GIVE "KNOCKED UP" 2.5 STARS OUT OF 4. I AM SURE THAT IT WILL MAKE ITS MONEY, BUT IT SURE ISN'T NO VIRGIN PART 2.