"Knocked Up": OK, But Not A Knock-Out

The good news here is that "Knocked Up" can be described as a man's romantic comedy and not a chick flick! All of the same territory is covered as the typical chick flick but since it's from a male perspective, the look and feel are entirely different. So as a male, this is reason to celebrate!
There is a lot to like in "Knocked Up"- some of the scenes are incredibly funny and true to life. My personal favorite scene was when the suspected-of-cheating husband is caught...taking part in a Fantasy Baseball draft. The resulting argument of the spouses, followed by the car argument between Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl are as true to life as relationship arguments get.
Character-wise (I hope I'm crediting the right actress) Kristen Wiig is hilarious as one of Heigl's bosses at E! Entertainment Television. Underplaying in monotone, she consistently earned my laughter as someone who wants to be everyone's friend while disagreeing with everything that anyone else says. I almost spilled my soda when she said, "This is Hollywood. We hate liars."
Still, for all that's good in "Knocked Up", I could never quite buy a lot of the premise. After getting pregnant from a drunken one-night stand, it's never clear to me A) why Alison chose to involve Ben in the first place, knowing he was happily unemployed, socially inept and generally a poor role model, and B) why she eventually fell for the guy, who was obviously beneath her physically, fiscally, educationally and socially.
There was a bit of gratuitous nudity that didn't need to be there, although I thought the shot of the baby's head crowning in the delivery room was the worst offender of gratuitousness.
Despite those flaws, though, there is enough good to this movie to reccommend it. If you're tired of the usual formula romantic comedies, go see "Knocked Up" for a refreshing change of pace.