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A watchable if overlong comedy about a couple,who are completely mismatched, confronting the news that they are going to have a baby.  There are some good moments in this film, even if it is not rip-roaringly funny and is for me less appealing than Apatow’s last effort, The 40-year old Virgin.  Some good points are made but I did feel it could have been so much more.  The scatologically inclined friends of Ben grate after a while as does Debbie, the sister and it is left to Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogan in the middle to hold the film together with some support from Paul Rudd as the brother in law.  Apatow can be credited for his willingness to be politically incorrect in places and to be very direct about certain features of the baby business.  And he respects his characters which is heartwarming.  Not fantastic but definitely a cut above the usual dross on these themes.

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