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Knocked Up (Seth Rogen)

Universal / Year: 2007

DVD Widescreen Unrated More Info Unrated Close Caption: No Region Code: 1 UPC: 025195013963 Catalog #: DL2500292 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English SDH subtitles, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$13.49 (10% off) List Price: $14.99
Blu-ray More Info Close Caption: No Region Code: 1 UPC: 025195045834 Catalog #: DB2500294 Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, English SDH subtitles, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$26.99 (10% off) List Price: $29.99

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Skinopsis

Possibly the funniest movie of 2007, Knocked Up also contains the famous Nautica Thorn and Stormy Daniels as topless lap dancers when Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd head to Vegas. Yeah, that's a stunt bagina when Katherine Heigl gives birth in graphic close-up, but the Mr. Skin logos are all real!

Review

Writer/director Judd Apatow, after the consistent brilliance of TV's "Freaks and Geeks," "Undeclared" and the big-screen breakthrough The 40-Year-Old Virgin, may have just proven himself to be the holy grail of comedy. Where Kevin Smith's dialogue is honest, profane yet unnaturally verbose, Apatow manages to make similar dialogue (and the occasional improvisation) sound familiar and organic. Where the Farrelly brothers juggle vulgarity and sensitivity, Apatow melds the two into a seamless whole. In fact, the only reason Ben (Seth Rogen), slacker, underachiever, stoner and slob, is so damn lovable is because he spits out every obscene observation that floats into his head. That same social shortcoming allows him to note his insecurities, vulnerabilities, and understandable inability to approach the gorgeous and upwardly mobile Alison (Katherine Heigl) in a nightclub.

Fortunately his equally baked friends (all Apatow regulars) prod him on, leading to a drunken night of inadvertent baby-making. Alison decides to keep the baby, creating a flip-flop of the conventional romance: The sexual climax was first, and they must almost force themselves to know each other and fall in love. A multitude of supporting characters provides ample opportunity for bouncing romantic ideas around, best displayed in reluctant husband Paul Rudd and explosive wife Leslie Mann. Behind those one-note descriptions are surprisingly deep characters that continually ring with truth.

The knee-jerk reaction to a 128-minute romantic comedy is that it's just too long. To that I ask, what would you cut from this perfectly paced movie? Ryan Seacrest badmouthing Jessica Simpson? The pointed music critcism ("Steely Dan gargles my balls.")? Rogen and Rudd tripping at Cirque du Soleil? The running gag about a beard-growing bet ("See you, Scorsese on coke")? A bouncer explaining the truth about the velvet rope ("I'm only allowed 5% black people, which means if 25 people are in the club, that's 1¼. I have to hope and pray for a black midget just to make quota")? Our best hope is that Apatow gets a development deal with HBO, where he can have the time and the freedom to explore similarly deep, truthful and profane characters as long as possible.

-- David Gorgos

Product Format Information

DVD Widescreen: $13.49 (Unrated)

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Running Time: 133 minutes
Close Caption: No
Region Code: 1
UPC: 025195013963
Catalog #: DL2500292

Studio : Universal

Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , French Dolby Digital 2.0 , Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 , English SDH Subtitles , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85
Features:
Bonus footage: Extended/alternate scenes; Topless Scene - Web Design Company; Katherine Heigl Audition
Outtakes: Gag reels; Topless Scene - Restaurant; Raw Footage
Featurette: Roller Coaster Doc; Directing the Director; Line-o-rama; Video Diaries; Kids on the Loose; Beard-O-Rama; Kuni Files; Gummy: The 6th Roommate; Stripper Confidential; Finding Ben Stone; Kuni Gone Wild;Loudon Wainwright III Scoring Session; Line-O-Rama Version 2; First Sex on Camera
Music video(s): Loudon Wainwright III - Live at McCabe's - You Can't Fail Me Now
Audio commentary: with Writer/Director Judd Apatow and Executive Producer/Star Seth Rogen and Actor Bill Hader

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Blu-ray : $26.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: No
Region Code: 1
UPC: 025195045834
Catalog #: DB2500294

Studio : Universal

Languages: English DTS-HD 5.1 (Primary) , French DTS 5.1 , Spanish DTS 5.1 , English SDH Subtitles , French Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Extras: Deleted Scenes
Features:
Includes the 129-minute theatrical version and the 133-minute unrated version
Bonus footage: Beard-O-Rama; Line-O-Rama; Gag Reel; Raw Footage; Katherine Heigl Audition; Extended/Alternate/Deleted Scenes
Featurette: Kids on the Loose; Finding Ben Stone; Directing the Director; Roller Coaster Doc; Kuni Files; Kini Gone wild; Topless Scenes; Stripper Confidential; First Sex on Camera; Video Diaries; Loudon Wainwright III - Scoring Session; Loudon Wainwright III - Live at McCabe's; Gummy: The 6th Roommate
Audio commentary: Rated Feature Commentary with Writer/Director Judd Apatow, Executive Producer/Star Seth Rogen and Actor Bill Hader
Audio commentary: Unrated Feature Commentary with Writer/Director Judd Apatow, Executive Producer/Star Seth Rogen and Actor Bill Hader
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