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"Knocked Up" is 2007's Best-Reviewed Wide Release
by Alex Vo | June 01, 2007
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Eyebrows were raised when early reviews of "Knocked Up" were throwing us mega-quotes like "uproarious," "classic," and one of the "best comedies of the last twenty years." Early reviews can be over-enthusiastic, but this time it's no joke: "Knocked Up" isn't just 2007's best comedy, it's the best-reviewed wide release movie overall with a Certified Fresh Tomatometer of 92 percent.

"Knocked Up" stars Seth Rogen as perpetually stoned schlub named Ben who impregnates a woman way out of his league (Katherine Heigl) after a one-night stand, putting the kibosh on his arrested development. It's a good year for comedy so far: the second-best reviewed movie of 2007 so far is the action-spoof "Hot Fuzz," which is Certified Fresh with 89 percent Tomatometer. "Blades of Glory" also fared decently with 69 percent, placing it 12th on 2007's overall list.



Mainstream comedies rarely ever cross into Certified Fresh territory, but it's now practically expected from "Knocked Up" writer-director Judd Apatow. He did incredible TV work with "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," after which he went on to resurrect the R-comedy in 2005 with "The 40-Year-Old-Virgin."

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Karthik Selvakumar
Karthik Selvakumar writes:
on Jun 01 2007 05:47 PM

Wouldn't 'Waitress' be second-place?

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steveholt
steveholt writes:
on Jun 01 2007 05:52 PM

In reply to this comment (#867702)
I think it's the nation wide realeases. And if it's not wouldn't Once be number 1

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RT-News
RT-News writes:
on Jun 01 2007 06:04 PM

Yeah, wide releases. We'll update the article to clarify.

And Once would be number one if we were including all movies.


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crudebob
crudebob writes:
on Jun 01 2007 06:15 PM

I didn't think The 40 Year Old Virgin was all that funny, so I was expecting more of the same in Knocked Up. But God was I wrong; Knocked Up is hilarious. Best laugh in years!

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selke99
selke99 writes:
on Jun 01 2007 06:48 PM

I actually thought 40 year old virgin was a lot funnier, but this one was more serious and dealt with marriage and the pregnancy. It was still good though.

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DiscoDan
DiscoDan writes:
on Jun 01 2007 06:50 PM

That's crazy.. I didn't really care for Knocked Up. I mean there were some laugh-out-loud moments.. but for the most part I felt it was too serious to be funny and too funny to be serious.

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bribios
bribios writes:
on Jun 01 2007 07:21 PM

I was just talking about this with my roommate. Some other genres have kind of floundered the last decade, but I would say for the most part the last few years have been pretty good in terms of comedies. I can't wait to see knocked up.

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FrankTheTank
FrankTheTank writes:
on Jun 01 2007 08:24 PM

I hated the 40-Year-Old Virgin. A lot of raunch, not a lot of humor.

Knocked Up kicked MAJOR ass though.


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krillbert
krillbert writes:
on Jun 01 2007 11:16 PM

What a brilliant, brilliant film. Hilarious, poignant. And it addressed actual fears and issues.
Amazing.


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bribios
bribios writes:
on Jun 01 2007 11:57 PM

Just saw it. Awesome. Judd Apatow is the man.

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Axem5
Axem5 writes:
on Jun 02 2007 12:14 AM

my eyebrows raised at this incredible little snazzy write up

thanks Alex Vo!

in all seriousness the trailer made me laugh, I might actually go see it


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TomasSPAGHetti
TomasSPAGHetti writes:
on Jun 02 2007 05:31 AM

92 for good reason.

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MarkMortimer
MarkMortimer writes:
on Jun 02 2007 07:05 AM

It looks shite :)

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arendr
arendr writes:
on Jun 02 2007 08:28 AM

This film is very deserving of its great reviews.

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Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Fair writes:
on Jun 02 2007 11:27 AM

I watched this last night, good honest stuff. And from what i've already seen of leaked dvd extras, it might be the funniest dvd release in a long time, well worth a purchase.

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indiephantom
indiephantom writes:
on Jun 02 2007 02:16 PM

[b]this film looks jejune...[/b]
another tired Hollywood comedy.


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Young Turk
Young Turk writes:
on Jun 02 2007 02:52 PM

I know, deffinitely not as good as Grandma's Boy.........

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SukmyPikachu
SukmyPikachu writes:
on Jun 02 2007 05:03 PM

Looks like a pretty generic comedy to me?

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arendr
arendr writes:
on Jun 02 2007 07:28 PM

I've seen this described as "jejune" and "generic" in this thread. Just to let you guys know, it's not. This is one of those comedies that, while low-brow in many of its punchlines, has a very poignant view on maturity and relationships. It's about growing up, so you have to expect the dirty jokes along the way, just like in life.

One of the best comedies I've seen in a while!


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synergyred
synergyred writes:
on Jun 02 2007 07:36 PM

Loved the movie. While most comedies just try to throw as many dumb jokes at you as possible, this one actually had a POINT behind it. The fact that it was funny was more of an added bonus.

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