Review of Knocked Up (2007) by Christopher C — 15 Aug 2012

There aren't very many movies that peg guys properly. We're either oafish and dumb or oafish and horny. Or oafish, horny, AND dumb. Knocked Up really seems to chronicle what happens when guys are alone with one another, and the results are pretty goddamn funny.

Overall, it's a fantastic follow-up to The 40 Year Old Virgin, which was a sleeper hit. Knocked Up goes above and beyond the quality of its predecessor and sets the bar for sleeper hit comedies. It may have had the success of Virgin to bank on, but nobody really expected this one to sweep the summer like it did, especially being an entirely original feature in a summer of sequels (mostly threquels).

One can only hope the streak continues with Superbad.