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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 humour 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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Andy Stitzer (Carrel) is 40 and seems to have the perfect life- a proud collection of action figures, toys and comic books, cushy job at an electronics store, smart apartment, close friends and a good attitude. However, the one thing missing in his life, something that he hasn't gotten round to doing, something that most people his age are quite experienced in - he has never ever had sex - not even by accident. His mates see this as their job to help out their buddy and to lure him away from lifelong chastity, and when he meets Trish - a 40 year old mother of three it seems to be the answer to all their plans.
The DVD also includs deleted scenes, gag reel, extended and alternate versions of scenes, waxing scene, audition tapes, rehearsals, extended song performances, Judd Apatow's daily video diary and " my lunch with a porn star" - where actor and producer Seth Rogan enjoys his lunch with various different porn stars
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a brilliant movie,
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This review is from: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (XXL Version) [DVD] [2005] (DVD)
After reading some of the reviews i was disapointed to see 1 and 2 star ratings because this is a brilliant and funny film and could be related to in some people. Steve Carell makes the role believable and the general appeal of the film is the sillyness as can be seen from the title so people should lighten up as you have a good idea what the film will be like from the name but oh well it is worth a watch(or 10 ;) so if you like to laugh i cannot recomment this film more highly
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Very Funny,
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This review is from: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (XXL Version) [DVD] [2005] (DVD)
Quite simply this is a very funny film. Given the subject matter itcould have been pretty crude and one dimensional. However it is a thoughtful and interesting movie. Basically a nerdy computer store worker lets slip to his male co-workers that he is a virgin. They make fun of him at first but then vow to help him "break his duck". Hilarity ensues. However we gradually see that his friends have plenty of relationship issues of their own and maybe they aren't the best people to be advising him. One minus point would be that the film is maybe 15 minutes to long. The problems between Carell's and Keener's characters are dragged out just a bit. Great performances from Carrell, Keener, Rudd and Rogan and from the rest of the excellent supporting cast. My favourite bits? -The waxing scene - (of course) - Jonah Hill trying to buy the platform heeled shoes in the eBay shop - The Age of Aquarius number over the closing credits
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Daft but funny,
By F Drew (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (XXL Version) [DVD] [2005] (DVD)
This is really quite an entertaining film. All about the often embarrassing male pursuit for sexual adventures, and the occasional bizarre outcomes, this film has some very funny scenes indeed. It's slightly zany, and very much tongue in cheek, but, the message seems to be, our 40 year old hero is more like us than we'd care to admit. Good fun with plenty of laughs.
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