Knocked up - From a Gal's Perspective

Knocked up was one of this summer's most talked about movies and finally I saw it (Victory!!!)

The movie is about Ben (Seth Rogan) and Alison's (Katherine Heigl) one night stand where a drunken misunderstanding causes them to be parents together. Ben is an overweight, immature post college dude who lives with a post frat house kind of arrangement with the typical bong hitting roommates who are into porn. Alison is a determined, career driven E! News reporter. This seemingly unmatched duo try to see whether they can become a couple for the baby they are about to have.

Well, I have a lot to say about the movie. Unfortunately, I had ridiculously high expectations and I was not entirely let down but the movie did not fully meet my expectations either.

First the good things:
Trying to share the responsibilities of an unexpected pregnancy etc. was handled extremely sincerely, maturely and without slapstick comedy elements all-the-while catching the naturally funny aspects of the situation.

The cast was well chosen and everyone, literally everyone was relate-able and real. All actors fit their characters like a glove. One character that I especially loved was Ben's dad, despite his brief appearance. All characters were enriching the story line. They were so approachable. I felt like at the end of the movie, I could go to the set and hang out with these guys.
The film is also well balanced between the two main characters. Both Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogan are equally strong and carry the story line together. And it is not a male dominated comedy.

Having said that though, that leads me to the bad thing about the movie: I think it was written too much from a guy's perspective. It is exactly what I think guys think when we get mad at them. We freak out for no reason!!! The complexity of why Alison was frustrated with Ben is so overlooked. I think in part because the director, Apatow still cannot figure out why his wife freaks out on him. He just knows women do that and men probably did something to start it...

Overall though, Knocked up was very funny and delicate in analyzing a sensitive social issue. Not just a pointless comedy... I was not expecting such a mature point of view.