Knocked Up (2007)
88%RT Audience Score: 83%
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 26 nominations
Knocked Up is a hilarious, poignant and refreshing look at the rigors of courtship and child-rearing, with a sometimes raunchy, yet savvy script that is ably acted and directed
Knocked Up is like a rollercoaster ride of laughs, crude jokes, and heartwarming moments. It’s the perfect movie to watch with your friends on a Friday night with a bucket of popcorn and a few beers. Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl’s chemistry is off the charts, and you can’t help but root for their unlikely romance. Sure, it may push the limits of good taste at times, but that’s what makes it so damn funny. So, grab your friends, sit back, and enjoy the ride.
Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Jerry Bruckheimer Films,
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Knott’s Berry Farm – 8039 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexual content, drug use and language
Year of Release
2007
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:SDDS DTS Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 9m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 2007 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 25, 2007
Genre(s)
Comedy/Romance
Keyword(s)
starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, directed by Judd Apatow, written by Judd Apatow, produced by Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson, Clayton Townsend, comedy, romance, R rating, $148.7M box office, reviewed by Candice Frederick, Bob Mondello, Joe Williams, Derek Malcolm, Anthony Quinn, Sukhdev Sandhu, Rising journalist, one-night stand, pregnancy, father material, courtship, child-rearing, raunchy script, ably acted, directed
Worldwide gross: $219,922,417
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $315,053,795
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 480
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 34,357,011
US/Canada gross: $148,768,917
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $213,121,575
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 316
US/Canada opening weekend: $30,690,990
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $43,966,927
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 274
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $30,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $42,977,037
Production budget ranking: 894
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $23,143,134
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $248,933,624
ROI to date (est.): 376%
ROI ranking: 361
Katherine Heigl – Alison Scott
Paul Rudd – Pete
Leslie Mann – Debbie
Jay Baruchel – Jay
Jonah Hill – Jonah
Judd Apatow – Director/Writer/Producer
Shauna Robertson – Producer
Clayton Townsend – Producer
Director(s)
Judd Apatow
Writer(s)
Judd Apatow
Producer(s)
Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson, Clayton Townsend
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 26 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (253) | Top Critics (64) | Fresh (226) | Rotten (27)
… Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl have great chemistry onscreen and they are hysterical together.
September 12, 2017 | Rating: B+
Candice Frederick
Reel Talk Online
TOP CRITIC
[A] very funny Peter Pan-and-Wendy- get-preggers story.
October 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
TOP CRITIC
Although this story about a mismatched couple expecting a baby strains credibility and sometimes pushes the limits of good taste, it delivers plenty of belly laughs.
September 15, 2007
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOP CRITIC
Funny, rude and with a heart of gold that surprisingly doesn’t grate.
August 24, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
If the essence of great comedy is truth then Knocked Up falls some way short.
August 24, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
Anthony Quinn
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Judd Apatow’s follow-up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin is snort-all-over-the-person-in-front-of-you funny, hand-over-mouth filthy, and as exhilarating as inhaling from a 10-ton oxygen tank.
August 24, 2007
Sukhdev Sandhu
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
A decade-and-a-half after its release, Judd Apatow’s 2007 comedy Knocked Up is mostly known for a few controversies… All of those controversies have some merit. But that doesn’t mean the film itself deserves to be written off. (15th anniversary)
June 16, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Stephen Silver
Tilt Magazine
Fifteen years after its release, Knocked Up is a time capsule of comedy filmmaking from over a decade ago.
June 1, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Judd Apatows gags are strewn with crude language and extreme behavior but his humor is all grounded in character and relationships and prickly moments of self-realization and guilt, and his cast mixes it up wonderfully.
March 19, 2022
Sean Axmaker
Stream on Demand
There are comic moments and some freshness in certain scenes, likeable bits, even satiric touches …, but overall, this is a weak effort.
February 14, 2021
David Walsh
World Socialist Web Site
Knocked Up crafts pathos and spit-takes from the truism that life will invariably make adults of us all whether we like it or not.
January 30, 2020
Felicia Feaster
Creative Loafing
Knocked Up works thanks in large part to a strong cast and Apatow’s ability to stretch a seemingly razor-thin premise into a well-developed (OK, maybe too developed) final product.
November 21, 2019
Micheal Compton
Bowling Green Daily News…
Plot
When Alison Scott is promoted in E! Television, she goes to a night-club to celebrate with her older married sister Debbie. Alison meets the pothead reckless Ben Stone and while having a small talk with Ben, Debbie’s husband Pete calls her to tell that their daughter has chicken pox. Debbie leaves the place but Allison stays with Ben, drinking and dancing along all night; completely wasted, they end up having a one night stand. Ben does not use a condom and eight weeks later, Allison discovers that she is pregnant. She calls Ben and they decide to try to stay together and have the baby. However, Ben needs to grow up first to raise a family of his own.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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