Beim ersten Mal

Eine intelligente, realistische und im Hinblick auf das Genre und das Zielpublikum unglaublich erwachsene Komödie. Auf der anderen Seite ist diese Komödie aber nicht besonders unterhaltsam. Sie hat durchschnittlich sympathische Helden und ER ist eigentlich ein rüpelhafter Trottel. (19.10.2007)

Der einfühlsame Teddybär aus Zack and Miri Make a Porno und die Hübsche aus Grey´s Anatomy zusammen in einer vergnüglichen, grobkörnigen Komödie über Empfängnis und der Webgeschichte "Mr. Skin". Es gibt nichts Schöneres, als vor dem Sex festzustellen, dass man schöner ist als sein Gegenüber. (23.07.2010)

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. (29.08.2009)

What if this man got you pregnant? Although Knocked Up doesn’t offend me in any way, and in its genre I even liked it, I am rather horrified that this type of routineer humor might well dictate the trend across the Pond for the next few years. To start with, Apatow isn’t Kevin Smith. Apatow also tries to make pop-culture references and “coolly crude" talk almost anywhere, but where Smith uses these ingredients to impart something or at least for entertainment, Apatow throws out random references to a movie/TV show/game or the word “fuck" and carries on with something else. Nothing comes of them, they lead nowhere and the movie would give exactly the same impression even without them. Luckily Knocked Up isn’t purely a comedy. Basically a classic romantic genre piece where, to lighten things up, we have a couple of characters who stir up the otherwise rather serious waters. The cast is pleasant and so in the end what harms the picture most is the over-ambitious length. Some scenes are just crying out to be cut. An ideal movie for a date. Both of you will find something you like about it, you’ll have fun and you’ll have enough time to devote to other activities without really missing anything happening on the screen. (04.10.2007)

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)