Stars: Steve Carell, Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann, Catherine Keener, Jane Lynch

Director: Judd Apatow

Summary: In KNOCKED UP, two mismatched people are brought together by a one-night-stand that results in an accidental pregnancy. 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN is the story of Andy Stitzer, a man who has everything he needs in his life except a girlfriend. He's never even made love to a woman and he's forty years old. When he meets his dream date, Trish their relationship begins with a no-sex rule...

In KNOCKED UP, two mismatched people are brought together by a one-night-stand that results in an accidental pregnancy. After being promoted to an on-camera role at E! Television, Alison goes out to celebrate with her older sister, Debbie. Not long into the evening Debbie is called home to her kids, leaving Alison in the eager company of charming slacker Ben. Brushing him off politely as a one-time affair, Alison goes on with her life, until two months later she realises that the unthinkable has happened.
40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN is the story of Andy Stitzer, a man who has everything he needs in his life except a girlfriend. He's never even made love to a woman and he's forty years old. When he meets his dream date, Trish their relationship begins with a no-sex rule...

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Knocked Up

In a year that otherwise struggled to deliver where comedies were concerned, Knocked Up proved to be a very welcome treasure trove of laughs. It’s from Judd Apatow, the man behind The 40 Year Old Virgin and the excellent TV show Freaks and Geeks, and sits easily as an equal to both. It’s also a long-awaited showcase for the talents of Seth Rogen, who proves with some conviction that he can headline a movie.

The premise of Knocked Up is simple. Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl share, for differing reasons, a one-night stand, and several weeks later, the latter discovers she’s pregnant. Given that Rogen’s character has been jobless for years, and that Heigl is trying to build a TV career, the two don’t prove to be a logical match, yet as the pregnancy progresses, they try valiantly to get to know one another.

The narrative itself is quite straightforward, but it’s the execution and characters that lift it significantly. Apatow knows how to direct comedy, and with a script peppered with plenty of guffaw-out-loud moments and situations, he wrings very hearty laughs from the material. Plus, while its Rogen and Heigl who power the film, the supporting cast is simply superb, particularly the collection of people that Rogen’s character surrounds himself with. It’s perhaps guilty of running ten minutes too long, and there’s little to surprise in the story itself, yet Knocked Up is nonetheless a terrific, earthy and grounded comedy, with so much to enjoy. It’s hard to single out individual moments, and instead it simply seems more appropriate to declare Knocked Up as one of the best, and most rewatchable, comedies of the last few years. Don’t miss it.--Simon Brew

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Cult comic actor Steve Carell--long adored for his supporting work on The Daily Show and in movies like Bruce Almighty and Anchorman--leaps into leading man status with The 40 Year-Old Virgin. There's no point describing the plot; it's about how a 40 year-old virgin named Andy (Carell) finally finds true love and gets laid. Along the way, there are very funny scenes involving being coached by his friends, speed dating, being propositioned by his female manager, and getting his chest waxed. Carell finds both humour and humanity in Andy, and the supporting cast includes some standout comic work from Paul Rudd (Clueless, The Shape of Things) and Jane Lynch (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind), as well as an unusually straight performance from Catherine Keener (Lovely & Amazing, Being John Malkovich). And yet... something about the movie misses the mark. It skirts around the topic of male sexual anxiety, mining it for easy jokes, but never really digs into anything that would make the men in the audience actually squirm--and it's a lot less funny as a result. Nonetheless, there are many great bits, and Carell deserves the chance to shine. --Bret Fetzer

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Deleted, extended and alternate scenes, Featurettes, Gag reel, Commentary with Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen and Bill Hader, Production video diaries, Loudon Wainwright III performing at McCabe's, Line-o-rama, 'Directing the Director' with Judd Apatow
Year:	2005
Release Date:	December 26, 2007
Runtime:	251 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	8253507
Keywords:	Year, Old, English, Comedy, General, Virgin, Up, Knocked
Genre:	Comedy