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40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 132 Fresh: 50  Rotten:82 Average Rating: 4.8/10
 
Consensus: As romantic comedies go, 40 Days and 40 Nights is smutty, sexist, and puerile.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Synopsis: Matt (Josh Hartnett) is having a hard time moving on six months after his relationship with bombshell Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) ended. He finds himself involved in empty physical relationships that are unfulfilling and ultimately send him fleeing. His solution is to give up sex and anything... Matt (Josh Hartnett) is having a hard time moving on six months after his relationship with bombshell Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) ended. He finds himself involved in empty physical relationships that are unfulfilling and ultimately send him fleeing. His solution is to give up sex and anything sexual for the 40 days of Lent. Initially, Matt is empowered by his decision--until he meets stunning Erica (Shannyn Sossamon), the girl of his dreams, at the local laundromat. Erica doesn't know about Matt's vow of abstinence, which impacts their budding relationship. To complicate matters more, Matt's co-workers are determined to literally put their two cents in as well by establishing a betting pool about how long Matt can keep his vow. Hartnett is endearing as the clumsy Matt, who desperately wants to do the right thing. Griffin Dunne stars as Matt's sex-starved boss. Also starring Paulo Costanzo and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the film was produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the team that made NOTTING HILL and BRIDGET JONES' DIARY, and directed by Michael Lehmann (HEATHERS). The city of San Francisco provides a beautiful backdrop to this modern look at love that includes a touch of crude teen-movie humor. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Vinessa Shaw, Monet Mazur, Griffin Dunne

Director: Michael Lehmann
Screenwriter: Robert Perez
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 12, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

Notes:

  • 1. EZ-D DVDs only play for 48 hours once the package is opened.
  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

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12/15/03
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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In places 40 Days is actually quite witty but one can't help feeling that both Hartnett and Lehmann ... deserve better than this.

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11/04/02
Neil Smith
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This is a movie full of sex jokes, but they don't involve mechanics and fluids so much as the nature of sex and the way it governs young life.

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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Lehmann and screenwriter Rob Perez milk this idea for everything it's worth.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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This tedious romantic romp is based on a single, tiny idea--a hunk (Josh Hartnet) abstaining from sex for the duration of Lent--extended to the limits of a feature-length picture.

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Even by the relatively relaxed standards of teen sex, or no sex, farces, 40 Days and 40 Nights is painful to watch.

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01/07/05
Philip Martin
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08/07/04
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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They could have easily made yet another gross-out comedy, but instead the laughs are born of clever writing and likable characters.

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01/07/04
Greg Maki
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Finds a way to present a light-hearted sexual comic fairy tale, then derails itself with bad romantic comedy fallbacks.

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06/08/03
Jeffrey Chen
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03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
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This movie was about the most excruciating hour and a half I've endured recently.

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02/08/03
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