Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Messer (Josh Duchamel) couldn't make it work on their first date, at their mutual best friends' wedding, or anytime in between. But when said best friends die suddenly, these two polar opposites find themselves in the unenviable position of unplanned parenthood, the custodians of their deceased friends' daughter, their goddaughter, Sophie. What makes them think they can actually pull off parenthood? Nothing, really. But that's when it starts to get good.

Heigl's organized baker Holly has two choices in men, Messer or the perfectly adjusted pediatrician (Josh Lucas). You'd probably guess that Messer's ability to catch good baseline shots of Atlanta Hawks games doesn't immediately make him capable of true love or of parenthood. And you'd be right. He's a chauvinist, a ladies' man, and a wildly unorganized mess of humanity.

But both of these opposites fall in love with Sophie and out of their love for her blooms love between the two of them. It's just not normal! But then again, neither is losing your best friends at thirty. And thus is born a mildly funny, dangerously poignant look at parenthood, relationships, and what it takes to make a family. If you've seen Knocked Up, then you know Heigl can be funny, but this isn't a slipshod sex moment. Instead, the family precedes the sex, the romance precedes the sex, and the relationship, well, it blooms all around the story.

I've got to admit that the child-rearing advice, highlighted in one of the Blu-ray features, is downright scary but pretty spot on. I know I've heard those things plenty of times, and watched the dysfunction in other folks while they told me how to raise my family up right. There's a disconnect with what we expect, the difference between "do what I do and not what I say." And that's wildly entertaining while also providing some thought-provoking ideas about what it means to be responsible, to love, and to nurture. It's done up with some of the same gags as License to Wed. But this is a mature story that allows us to consider what comes first (love or marriage) and what it means to be a parent in a world flying by.

The Blu-ray also contains featurettes on Duchamel and three babies who played Sophie, while Heigl goes behind-the-scenes with learning what it's like to be a mom! There are extra scenes as well, but I still like all of the bad advice offered up to their two characters in the third featurette.