http://blog.timprobst.com/2007/06/18/knocked-up/ Technology, music, sports, and anything else that comes to mind. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:52:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.timprobst.com/2007/06/18/knocked-up/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Uncle Terry Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:29:08 +0000 http://blog.timprobst.com/?p=73#comment-445 The best comedy in 10 years, easy. More of an actual movie than "Virgin" or "Anchorman" (not to take away from the hilarity of either), this film was sweet in a way that you just don't see anymore. It was able to be hysterically funny, gross, and wacky without resorting to lame jokes or to making fun of the characters. Sure, the stoner guys are dorks for not realizing there is already a Mr. Skin website, but when they finally realize it, we laugh with them, not at them. Because we like them, as we do all of the characters. It would have been easy to make Paul Rudd and his wife typical suburban idiots, or to have the wife be a total witch, and he an incompetent dolt, but no, they are both real. With real problems that they deal with and don't deal with. Notice I've reviewed this movie without even mentioning the lead characters. That' s how good the ensemble is here. We like these guys. The writing is fresh and witty, and the whole thing felt great to watch. -Terry Ebert The best comedy in 10 years, easy. More of an actual movie than “Virgin” or “Anchorman” (not to take away from the hilarity of either), this film was sweet in a way that you just don’t see anymore. It was able to be hysterically funny, gross, and wacky without resorting to lame jokes or to making fun of the characters. Sure, the stoner guys are dorks for not realizing there is already a Mr. Skin website, but when they finally realize it, we laugh with them, not at them. Because we like them, as we do all of the characters. It would have been easy to make Paul Rudd and his wife typical suburban idiots, or to have the wife be a total witch, and he an incompetent dolt, but no, they are both real. With real problems that they deal with and don’t deal with. Notice I’ve reviewed this movie without even mentioning the lead characters. That’ s how good the ensemble is here. We like these guys. The writing is fresh and witty, and the whole thing felt great to watch.
-Terry Ebert

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