Movie-A-Day #409: 40-Year-Old Virgin

[Chaplin]

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Cult comic actor Steve Carell--long adored for his supporting work on The Daily Show and in movies like Bruce Almighty and Anchorman--leaps into leading man status with The 40 Year-Old Virgin. There's no point describing the plot; it's about how a 40 year-old virgin named Andy (Carell) finally finds true love and gets laid. Along the way, there are very funny scenes involving being coached by his friends, speed dating, being propositioned by his female manager, and getting his chest waxed. Carell finds both humor and humanity in Andy, and the supporting cast includes some standout comic work from Paul Rudd (Clueless, The Shape of Things) and Jane Lynch (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind), as well as an unusually straight performance from Catherine Keener (Lovely & Amazing, Being John Malkovich). And yet... something about the movie misses the mark. It skirts around the topic of male sexual anxiety, mining it for easy jokes, but never really digs into anything that would make the men in the audience actually squirm--and it's a lot less funny as a result. Nonetheless, there are many great bits, and Carell deserves the chance to shine. --Bret Fetzer

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Normally I'm not a huge fan of some of the more recent comedies, but this movie has become sort of a classic in a short amount of time. Granted, a 40-year-old virgin isn't a normal happening, but there are aspects of Andy that many men can still identify with, and that's what makes the movie so strong.

Very, very funny and a blast.

 

[schutd]

Eh. I liked it, I certainly chuckled throughout, but I really expected to be belly laughing. I think the humor was juts a bit too obvious.

 

[jenna2891]

the first time i saw this, i thought it was mildly amusing, but maybe a tad raunchy. i kept seeing bits of it on tv, watched it a few more times, and now i think it's hilarious.

 

[abomb]

the first time i saw this, i thought it was mildly amusing, but maybe a tad raunchy. i kept seeing bits of it on tv, watched it a few more times, and now i think it's hilarious.

Funny, I feel the same way about Titanic.

 

[NEZCardsfan]

I liked this a lot.

 

[jenna2891]

Funny, I feel the same way about Titanic.

you put the "tit" in titanic!