LISA'S BESTS
10. Knocked Up
It's not just the dirty-but-sweet thing writer-director Judd Apatow has nailed so well that wins this smart sex-and-the-silly comedy a spot on my list. Nor is it the irresistible urge to participate in the great national debate of ''Knocked Up or Superbad?'' — a showdown worthy of a jawfest on Charlie Rose. No, my own declaration of love for the one about the slacker schlub who impregnates the driven beauty and undergoes his own miraculous gestation toward adulthood is unconditional: Here is a wise primer for boys on what women want, delivered with feminist empathy by a subversive adult male, and a code-cracking manual for girls on how men operate, written by a knockdown hilarious guy.

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