Chad R
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I saw this at a way early preview a little over a week ago. It's from Judd Apatow who last brought us "The 40-year Old Virgin," and stars a good portion of that film's cast. If Judd's anything, he's loyal.
The plot is simple, a young woman on the career fast track has a regretful one night stand with a total slacker which results in a pregnancy. They try to make a go at.
Much of the story doesn't quite work, many motivations for character choices are unclear or slightly off of what you would expect. It lacks a good portion of the sweetness of "Virgin" which does bog the film down. The main relationship never clicks.
But, this is a comedy and the biggest question is are the laughs plentiful and are they large. They are. Boy, are they ever. It's crude humor to be sure, but there's an honesty to the crudeness that's similar to the crudeness in "Virgin." Never once do you feel they're stretching to get a laugh, they get it out of the way people act and talk. Each person feels like someone you either know, or would know.
I don't want to give away any of the jokes, I'll just say the trailer can't have the best laughs because there's no way the MPAA would pass it. Even if it were a red-banded trailer, they couldn't get the best jokes in there because they need set-ups.
To just tease at a few of the better bits: pink-eye, Cirque du Soleil, crowning, "tighten", shrooms, Ryan Seacrest's cameo (yes, I said Ryan Seacrest), James Franco's cameo, "you look like your sister."
This film is meant to make Seth Rogen a star like "Virgin" did for Steve Carrell. I don't think this will happen because of the afforementioned sweetness Carrell had which Rogen does not. Rogen's not a lovable loser, he's a frustrating one. And the inevitable loser makes good montage happens far too late in the film.
But, then the birth scene happens and some more big laughs come. A few shots had a row of teenagers in front of me crawling out of their seats, but laughing through it.
Overall, I'd say go see it. When you do, see it with a big crowd for bigger laughs.
The plot is simple, a young woman on the career fast track has a regretful one night stand with a total slacker which results in a pregnancy. They try to make a go at.
Much of the story doesn't quite work, many motivations for character choices are unclear or slightly off of what you would expect. It lacks a good portion of the sweetness of "Virgin" which does bog the film down. The main relationship never clicks.
But, this is a comedy and the biggest question is are the laughs plentiful and are they large. They are. Boy, are they ever. It's crude humor to be sure, but there's an honesty to the crudeness that's similar to the crudeness in "Virgin." Never once do you feel they're stretching to get a laugh, they get it out of the way people act and talk. Each person feels like someone you either know, or would know.
I don't want to give away any of the jokes, I'll just say the trailer can't have the best laughs because there's no way the MPAA would pass it. Even if it were a red-banded trailer, they couldn't get the best jokes in there because they need set-ups.
To just tease at a few of the better bits: pink-eye, Cirque du Soleil, crowning, "tighten", shrooms, Ryan Seacrest's cameo (yes, I said Ryan Seacrest), James Franco's cameo, "you look like your sister."
This film is meant to make Seth Rogen a star like "Virgin" did for Steve Carrell. I don't think this will happen because of the afforementioned sweetness Carrell had which Rogen does not. Rogen's not a lovable loser, he's a frustrating one. And the inevitable loser makes good montage happens far too late in the film.
But, then the birth scene happens and some more big laughs come. A few shots had a row of teenagers in front of me crawling out of their seats, but laughing through it.
Overall, I'd say go see it. When you do, see it with a big crowd for bigger laughs.