Knocked Up

About Knocked Up

Knocked Up is a 2007 romantic comedy film from Universal Pictures written, co-produced, and directed by Judd Apatow. It stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. The movie follows the repercussions of a drunken one night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy ("knocked up" is a chiefly North American slang expression for being pregnant, usually unexpectedly).

Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) is a lazy, immature, yet lovable 23-year-old Jewish-Canadian slacker and claimed illegal immigrant from British Columbia, living off funds received in compensation for an injury and sporadically working on a Mr. Skin-like website with his roommates. Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is a career-minded woman who has just been given an on-air role with E! Entertainment Television, and is living with her sister Debbie's (Leslie Mann) family. While celebrating her promotion, Allison meets Ben at a local night club. After a night of drinking, they end up having sex. Due to a misunderstanding, they do not use protection: Alison uses the phrase "just do it" to encourage Ben to put the condom on faster, which he misinterprets as "a condom is not needed". The following morning, they quickly learn over breakfast that they have little in common.

Eight weeks later, Allison experiences morning sickness at work, and several home pregnancy tests later, discovers she is pregnant. She contacts Ben for the first time since their one-night stand to tell him the news. Although taken aback, Ben says he will be there to support Alison having the baby. While he is still unsure about being a parent, his father (Harold Ramis) tells him that he was the best thing that ever happened to him. Allison's mother (Joanna Kerns) tries to convince her daughter to have an abortion, but Allison decides to keep the child. Later, Allison and Ben decide to give their relationship a chance. The odd couple's efforts include Ben making an awkward marriage proposal with a ring box without a ring, promising to get her one someday. Allison thinks it is too early to think about marriage, because she is more concerned with hiding the pregnancy from her boss, who asked her when she first got the on-air job to be "firm" and "tight" for the cameras.