Fans of The 40-Year-Old Virgin should know what to expect going into Knocked Up. Apatow’s razor-sharp script is unapologetically crude, but also brutally honest (WARNING: you will see full shots of a baby’s head crowning during labour, so I advise you to finish your popcorn earlier into the film). Both Rogen and Heigl are wonderful as the two leads, but as with The 40-Year-Old Virgin, the supporting cast nearly steal the entire film (Jonah Hill, in particular, seems destined for comedic stardom). The film’s brilliance, however, is nearly lost amidst an entertaining but unnecessary subplot involving a bickering married couple (Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann). Apatow would have been better off to devote an entire film to the feuding married couple, because their story has enough emotional weight and social relevance to merit its own full-length picture.

Despite its excessive running time and waning plot, Knocked Up is undoubtedly one of the better comedies to come out in recent memory. Admittedly, it falls short of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, but it is very unlikely that you’ll see a better comedy in theatres this summer.