Knocked Up

There can never be enough good comedies, and to not criticize Katherine Heigl too much, she did quite well in this role. But mainly because she had a great partner. Seth Rogen is one of those actors who are vulgar, their comedies are not kind, but rather rough, they are obscene and unfiltered. The movie "Zbouchnutá" is exactly like that, where a bit - actually a big dose - of alcohol leads to two people getting together, not using protection, and voila, they are expecting a baby. What is the sobering realization when she finds out that the father of her future child is a bit of a dirty pig, about whom she wouldn't even lean on with an umbrella when sober. But in the end, they somehow make it work, they prepare for the baby, they argue with each other properly, but then everything turns out fine. I know, the ending is a bit cliché, but what can you do. The jokes in the movie are good, maybe it's a bit long, but otherwise it's one of the better comedies we've seen in a while. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/04/bruce-clint-simon-david-zbouchnuta-v.html (17/02/2013)

Judd Apatow confirmed his genius to me with this amazing film and, most importantly, disproved the myth that a great romantic comedy (even if at times it wasn't that funny) doesn't need to have a frugal running time "for the sake of its own success" if there’s a how and a what to tell. I probably would have snickered if someone had told me I would love a two-hour comedy (mostly a comedy.:)) whose central theme is unplanned conception. But Knocked Up isn't just any comedy, it's first and foremost a wonderfully human story with an well developed script in which two seemingly completely different people (sometimes hilariously, sometimes bitterly) who have very little in common gradually find their way to each other. Seth Rogen's fecal humor is brilliantly contrasted here with the delicacy of Katherine Heigl, who is wonderfully endearing in her sudden pregnancy and impossible not to love. The absolute pinnacle of the "romantic comedy" genre for the last 10 years. (18/05/2013)

Judd Apatow proves why he is one of the revered filmmaker demi-gods despite the overly long runtime (for the genre). This is because of his incredible sense of creating parallels between the viewers’ own lives, wherein finding "one’s own thing" is not all that much of a problem. Despite the flurry of vulgarities and low humor, it works. This is especially thanks to Rogen's sympathetically civil charisma of a sweaty redneck and Heigl's ability to make even the most emotional moments believable. The ending is beautiful. (28/08/2009)

Ambitious, but at the same time objectionable in its clumsiness. It can be overlooked that a beautiful girl starts with an unknown unsympathetic weirdo, but not the development of their relationship. Confessions come in a very forceful way and the comical situations do not at all correspond to the current mood. In addition, the only character that one can identify with is the been-upon Alison. The main hero is a boorish ignorant, who can ruin everything and still has a sense of victory. The script doesn't make it any easier for him at all, because he is given a gang of unfunny druggies as friends, who only leer and desperately make remarks. Apatow I take mercy on mostly because I endured this sweaty endeavor for more than two hours, occasional chuckles (De Niro's shoes) and the beautiful Katherine. (18/10/2007)

The empathetic teddy bear from Zack and Miri Make a Porno and the pretty girl from Grey's Anatomy together in an enjoyable, coarse-grained comedy about conception and the website Mr. Skin. There's nothing like finding out before sex that you're more beautiful than your counterpart. (23/07/2010)