A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the relationship work, they must navigate the challenges of parenthood and their differences in lifestyle and maturity.
Acting
Rogen and Heigl's chemistry is weirdly perfect friction.
Writing
Paul Rudd's marriage meltdown monologue is devastating comedy.
Direction
Apatow lets scenes breathe way past comfortable.
Director
Judd Apatow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'circling the drain' argument scene was largely improvised; Rudd and Mann are actually married.
Heigl later publicly called the film 'sexist,' sparking years of Hollywood discourse about 'difficult' women vs. honest criticism.
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