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The 40-Year-Old Virgin

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The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

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Reviews Counted:174

Fresh:148

Rotten:26

Average Rating:7.2/10

Consensus: Steve Carell's first star turn scores big with a tender treatment of its titular underdog, using raunchy but realistically funny comedy to connect with adult audiences.

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: 40-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carrell) has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of... 40-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carrell) has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet--something most people have done by his age. Done a lot. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex--not even by accident. So is that such a big deal? Well, for Andy's buds at the store, it sure is. Although they think he's a bit of an oddball, there's certainly a planetful of stranger (and homelier) guys who've at least had one go at having a go. They consider it their duty to help Andy out of his dire situation and go to great lengths to help him. But nothing proves effective enough to lure their friend out of lifelong chastity until he meets Trish (Catherine Keener), a 40-year-old mother of three. Andy's friends are psyched by the possibility that "it" may finally happen...until they hear that Andy and Trish have begun their relationship based on a mutual no-sex policy. Comedy writer and producer Judd Apatow (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, TV's Freaks and Geeks, Kicking & Screaming) makes his feature film directorial debut with The 40 Year Old Virgin, starring Steve Carrell (Anchorman, Bruce Almighty, TV's The Daily Show) and Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich, The Interpreter) and an ensemble cast including Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Leslie Mann, Gerry Bednob, Shelley Malil, Chelsea Smith and Nancy Walls. Apatow also co-writes the script with Carrell and produces along with Shauna Robertson (Elf) and Clayton Townsend (The Skeleton Key). [More]

Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco

Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Leslie Mann, Jane Lynch

Director: Judd Apatow

Director: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow, Steve Carell
Producer: Shauna Robertson, Clayton Townsend, Judd Apatow
Studio: Universal Pictures

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The adult sex comedy is making a comeback.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
08/27/05
Brooke Holgerson
Brooke Holgerson
Boston Phoenix

Sweet...yet funny as hell.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
08/27/05
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

I guess I lack the gene that finds gross-out humor and comedy applied with a sledgehammer funny. My advice is to stay as far away from this turkey as possible.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
08/27/05
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

As funny as Virgin is, it could have had more depth and meaning. Comedy can do that, and when it does, something special is achieved.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
08/27/05
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

If there's a cinematic mile marker for the progress of the geek in our society, it's this film.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
08/26/05
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

They have written a story about likable people whom we care about, which allows genuine sweetness to coexist with the bawdy scenes and vulgar dialogue.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
08/26/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Steve Carell soars with the best comics in funny business.

Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
08/26/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

These R-rated comedies sure know how to be raunchy. They just don’t know how to be short.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment Comment
08/26/05
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly

You just can't help but adore it.

Full Review Source: Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | comment Comment
08/26/05
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

So why can’t they make more of these R-rated comedies?

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
08/26/05
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

If you're going to take home one naughty Hollywood flick this year, I think you'll get lucky with this one.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
08/25/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Is it too late to crown The 40 Year Old Virgin as the funniest film of the summer?

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
08/25/05
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

The 40-Year-Old Virgin made me laugh, and in the August dog days of summer films, that’s the best you can hope for.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
08/25/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

A raunchy sex comedy with a sweet 'date movie' center, 'Virgin' is more sustained in both tone and story than the similarly strategized 'Wedding Crashers'...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
08/25/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

I was annoyed by it, and by its gross predictability -- up to, and including, its banana-oil-filled bromide of an ending.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/24/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The show I attended was barely half full, yet the laughter was rolling down the aisles in tsunami waves.

Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment Comment
08/23/05
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

This virgin's obsession with keeping his action figure collection in pristine condition is truly endearing, as is his notion that women’s breasts ‘feel like sand.'

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
08/22/05
Craig Stephens
Craig Stephens
FilmStew.com

Its characters radiate contempt in so many directions that they heat with contempt from the inside out, as if in a microwave oven of scorn.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
08/22/05
Mark Collette
Mark Collette
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Might make a good skit on "SNL" but as a full movie - no way!

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
08/22/05
Jackie K. Cooper
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

a comedy that sounds tacky and mean-spirited but turns out to be both tender-hearted and frequently hilarious.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
08/22/05
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
 
 
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