Knocked Up – A Review

Movies that define the times are vulnerable. The zeitgeist is rarely pretty. To get it right you have to get lucky twice; once with the times, and again with the director’s talent. For the results to be funny also is a miracle. But that part is just part and parcel of being a good comedy. It’s the first two that are tricky. That’s why Knocked Up doesn’t quite make it to being a great movie. There’s just something about the Noughties – and the kind of people we feel define us on screen – that feels lightweight, adolescent. It might not be fair to compare Knocked Up with Annie Hall, but as a sign of the times it’s instructive.