Knocked Up is a 2007 American comedy film written and directed by Judd Apatow. It stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann.
Overall, Knocked Up has been well received by critics, in addition to being a box office hit. This is similar to Judd Apatow's previous directing effort, The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
In an early review, Variety magazine called the film "more explosively funny, more frequently, than nearly any major studio release in recent memory."
Another early review, eFilmCritic stated the following about Knocked Up, "Before you go into Knocked Up, every serious movie fan should make up a list of their favorite comedies of the past two decades. If Old School is on it, you are disqualified. But no matter what is, scratch one off of it – because Knocked Up is going to knock it off eventually and it's earned the spot."
Entertainment Weekly praised the film highly, giving it a grade of A, calling it an "extremely rude, extremely funny, irresistible fairy tale about contemporary American frogs, princesses, childbirth classes, and bongs".
On Ebert and Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic David Edelstein gave Knocked Up two big thumbs up, with Roeper calling it "likeable and real", noting that the film even "deserves its sentimental moments".
Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 91% fresh rating from 177 reviews (161 fresh, 16 rotten). The film is currently the second best reviewed wide release of 2007, bested by Disney Pixar's Ratatouille, according to the website.Wikipedia
