Don't Kid Yourself
Knocked Up (2007)
directed by Judd Apatow
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
It's to Apatow's credit that Pete and Debbie's marriage ends up as the failure they both fight for, but none of the reviews I read made the treatment of abortion central to their opinions of the film, so I feel like I have to. It's terrible when a mainstream subversive like Apatow (that title is intended to get your attention) gets a pass for demonizing abortion in a movie intended to make everyone a little more tolerant of unconventional relationships and families. Because Apatow doesn't just skip over the subject; he makes Alison's mom (who tells Alison to "get rid of it") a frigid, successful single woman, and Ben's dad (the always lovable Harold Ramis) the shaggy, well-meaning (thrice-married!) father whose warm-hearted advice to "go for it" sounds like the natural, right thing to do. And that, as they say, is just sad.
directed by Judd Apatow
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
It's to Apatow's credit that Pete and Debbie's marriage ends up as the failure they both fight for, but none of the reviews I read made the treatment of abortion central to their opinions of the film, so I feel like I have to. It's terrible when a mainstream subversive like Apatow (that title is intended to get your attention) gets a pass for demonizing abortion in a movie intended to make everyone a little more tolerant of unconventional relationships and families. Because Apatow doesn't just skip over the subject; he makes Alison's mom (who tells Alison to "get rid of it") a frigid, successful single woman, and Ben's dad (the always lovable Harold Ramis) the shaggy, well-meaning (thrice-married!) father whose warm-hearted advice to "go for it" sounds like the natural, right thing to do. And that, as they say, is just sad.
posted by NPK at 9:24 AM
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