The article states their own made up word- Apatovian, adj. of or pertaining the film comedies of writer/director Judd Apatow. Judd Apatow wrote and/or produced several comedies, for example, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. All of those movies are down right hilarious.  Knocked Up is by far one of the most influential movies in this era, because of how raw the comedy was and how true it can be. Especially that movie, many critics in this decade have stated comedies in this genre are the romantic comedies. I do agree because both men and women can relate to them and they are more realistic. Romantic comedies are not what they used to be, with a man and a woman meeting and from the looks of it they could never be together but they fall madly in love with eachother and everything turns out right, the perfect environment, and the whole atmosphere was classy and sophisticated. Sex was not all in the movies, like it is now.

In addition, even the actors who played in the movies were A-class movie stars, who were sophiscticated, handsome and confident. Romantic comedy actors now are not the most handsome individuals but they are down right funny. They make it seem more realistic that a guy, like them, can get beautiful girls like Katherine Heigl in the end and can turn their life around for the better. Slackers do have certain charms to them, but in the end the slacker turns into a good man that is responsible. Knocked is one of the best films of the era, since it blatantly states pregancy, relationship, and work issues that are realistic for everyone in our society.