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The 40 Year Old Virgin
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Universal Pictures |
| Web Site: |
www.the40yearoldvirgin.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
It's rated R for a
number of reasons, and one of those reasons is to leave the
kids at home. |
| Date Movie: |
It's as much a
romantic comedy as it is a comedy. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Eventually Andy
gets some. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nah. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Tons. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The speed-dating
scene if pretty funny. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Too many to list. |
| Directed By: |
Judd Apatow |
| Produced By: |
Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson, Clayton Townsend |
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
A Movie Review |
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Somehow this is turning into the summer of adult
comedies. First you had the super-duper funny
"Wedding
Crashers," and now we get "The 40 Year Old Virgin."
Sometimes it’s really good to be an adult. Let’s get to it…
"The 40 Year Old Virgin" gives us Steve Carell as Andy.
He’s, well, 40 years old, and yes, he’s still a virgin. He
works in the tech department of an electronics store, likes
to collect action figures, and loves his video games as well
as watching "Survivor" with the older couple in the
apartment above him. Oh yea, he also doesn’t have a car and
rides a bicycle to get around. He’s not really happy, just
content, and then one night his co-workers need an extra for
a poker game, and they ask Andy. Andy is shocked, because,
well, they really don’t pay much attention to him, but
seeking something a little different, Andy joins the game.
When the guy talk starts getting to be about sex, Andy isn’t
doing too well, especially with the comments that boobs feel
like bags of sand, and low and behold, the truth comes out,
that yes, he is a virgin.
As guys are want to do, at work the next day, well,
everyone is making fun of him, but alas, he ends up talking
to David (Paul Rudd), and now the workers befriend Andy,
making it their job to get him laid. There is a wrinkle,
however, in the fact that in the meanwhile, Trish (Catherine
Keener) gives Andy her number, and Andy thinks he might be
able to really like Trish. His friends are now on a
super-mission because they figure it is imperative that Andy
get some before he tries to start a real relationship
because of, well, that awkward first time.
Anyway, lots of laughs ensue, and we can guess that yes,
in the end, Andy and Trish get together and they live
happily ever after.
"The 40 Year Old Virgin" is really an adult comedy,
there’s lots of adult content, and like "Wedding Crashers,"
they don’t seem to care, knowing that sometimes adults need
to laugh and be treated like adults. But as much as this
movie is adult, in a weird way it’s also a nice romantic
comedy. Andy’s co-workers have their own issues with their
respective relationships, and we are treated to lots of
great scenes as they work through them. Then there is Andy’s
boss, Paula (Jane Lynch), offering to be Andy’s f-buddy, and
all along we get a budding love story between Andy and Trish
as Andy wrestles with getting Trish’s kids to like him, lets
Trish teach him how to drive a car, and be nervous about
Trish finding out he’s a virgin.
If you liked "Wedding Crashers" you’ll probably find "The
40 Year Old Virgin" just as enjoyable. Yes, there is some
sappiness, but the laughs will get you past that in a hurry.
4 ½ stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
