Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming entertainment journalist whose 24-year-old life is on the fast track. But it gets seriously derailed when a drunken one-nighter with slacker Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) results in an unwanted pregnancy. Faced with the prospect of going it alone or getting to know the baby's father, Allison decides to give the lovable doof a chance. An overgrown kid who has no desire to settle down, Ben learns that he has a big decision to make with his kid's mom-to-be: will he hit the road or stay in the picture? Courting a woman you've just "Knocked Up," however, proves to be a little difficult when the two try their hands at dating. As they discover more about one another, it becomes painfully obvious that they're not the soul mates they'd hoped they might be!
Directed by
Judd Apatow
Written by
Judd Apatow
Starring
Seth Rogen (Ben Stone); Katherine Heigl (Alison Scott); Paul Rudd (Pete); Leslie Mann (Debbie); Jason Segel (Jason); Jay Baruchel (Jay); Jonah Hill (Jonah); Martin Starr (Martin); Charlyne Yi (Jodi); Iris Apatow (Charlotte); Maude Apatow (Sadie); Joanna Kerns (Alison’s Mom); Harold Ramis (Ben's Dad); Alan Tudyk (Jack); Kristen Wiig (Jill) . Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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There’s something wrong if we struggle as Catholic filmmakers
Mark Banks (United Kingdom)
Opinion: Not Recommended
My overriding thought after watching this film is that when garbage like this can attract a $33m budget in the fist place, and then go on to gross over $100m at the box office, there’s something very wrong in the world if we can’t compete as Catholic filmmakers. God has a monopoly on beauty and if we as His Church can’t begin to capture even a little of that on film, we should examine ourselves a little closer. As for this film, the language is so extreme and obscene that it is demonic. I like it that there was little question over the question of whether to have the baby or not, and still less objection to the fact that Alison was carrying a baby inside her. But it felt to me as though the only reason the film went in that direction was for the sole purpose of providing a ‘story’ line that would facilitate a barrage of shouting, swearing and obscenities, drug-taking and sexual perversion. I also feel sorry for the actors, actresses and filmmakers who clearly have technical talent, but equally clearly have no scruples in taking work so long as it will result in a pay-check; it can’t be fulfilling and ultimately it is soul destroying. They need our prayers. As too do any practising or aspiring Catholic/Christian filmmakers.
