To be fair, he kept his opinions on the film itself to himself at the time, but his views were so well known by the time the film hit cinemas that it almost seemed moot by that point.

KATHERINE HEIGLKnocked Up

She steered clear of voicing her opinion as the film cleaned up at the box office, but Katherine Heigl wasn’t so shy when it came to the film’s DVD release. The actress, who has since criticised the show that gave her the big breakthrough she needed (Grey’s Anatomy) said of Knocked Up that it was “a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humourless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. … I had a hard time with it, on some days. I’m playing such a bitch; why is she being such a killjoy?”

That was in a Vanity Fair interview, although in the furore that followed, she did assert that making the film was the “best filming experience of her career”. As her co-star in Knocked Up Seth Rogen has since pointed out, though, she went on to make The Ugly Truth, surely one of the most misogynistic (and generally shit) romantic comedies that Hollywood has churned out in a long, long time…