Stephen Silver Tilt Magazine Jun 16, 2022 4/5

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)

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Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Jun 1, 2022 4/5

Fifteen years after its release, Knocked Up is a time capsule of comedy filmmaking from over a decade ago.

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Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Mar 19, 2022

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.

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David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 14, 2021

There are comic moments and some freshness in certain scenes, likeable bits, even satiric touches ..., but overall, this is a weak effort.

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Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing Jan 30, 2020

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.

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Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News Nov 21, 2019

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.

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Troy Patterson Spin Oct 25, 2019 3/4

Knocked Up must be the funniest Hollywood romantic comedy since Apatow's 40-Year-Old Virgin. Granted, there are higher compliments, but the movie undeniably offers audiences many abdomen-impairing moments they'll talk (and talk and talk) about.

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 5, 2019 3/4

Asmart, charming, uproarious, unabashedly filthy sex comedy that delivers on all levels.

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Kaleem Aftab The List Nov 3, 2018 4/5

What makes Knocked Up stand out is not just the fact that the jokes are side-splittingly funny but that nearly everything that happens to the couple rings so true.

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Megan Basham WORLD Oct 16, 2018

The very fact that some clearly juvenile filmmakers have hit on the truth that a baby in the womb is as much a life as the one cradled in its mother's arms is encouraging.

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Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Jun 14, 2018 4.5/5

What really sells it is a fantastic support cast featuring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill and Leslie Mann.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 12, 2017 B+

... Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl have great chemistry onscreen and they are hysterical together.

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Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) Aug 23, 2017

It might look slightly risqué but the message remains the same: get married, stay married and buy lots of stuff.

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Aaron Mesh Willamette Week Jul 8, 2014

[Apatow] makes responsibility and commitment funny; no mean feat.

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Jeff Meyers Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jul 8, 2014 B+

What makes most of Knocked Up work is its ability to squeeze big laughs out of real-world situations.

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Andrew Collins Radio Times Feb 10, 2014 4/5

Knocked Up proves that hit comedy doesn't have to dumb down for its demographic.

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Tim Basham Paste Magazine Aug 3, 2013

With sparkling performances from Rogen and Heigl, Apatow once again shows his sharp eye for talent and continuing knack for hits.

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Peter Brunette Screen International Aug 3, 2013

The jokes, which are in the absolute poorest taste, remain hilarious, while a newer, deeper humanism, sensed in momentary flashes in the earlier film, is now fully on display.

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Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Chicago Aug 3, 2013 5/5

The movie is a decisive breakthrough for Apatow, whose comic instincts go hand in hand with an unfashionable empathy.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Feb 1, 2013

It's a hysterical, well acted, and wonderful glimpse at impending parenthood from a man's perspective...

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