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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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At first you think this is going to be another one of those 'guy comedies' where the jokes are raunchy and offensive, halfway through it settles down into a rhythm that works.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
08/19/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

[Carell's] touched us for the very first time.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/19/05
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

Watching a good-hearted virgin is infinitely more enjoyable than spending time with a European gigolo.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
08/19/05
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

Carell provides more than enough pizzazz and boyishness to make this work as a comedy and a bit of a charmer.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/19/05
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Balances gross-out humor with moments of genuine wit and even a little warmth.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
08/19/05
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

Carell's real appeal is his complete and abject willingness to do anything for a laugh.

Full Review Source: Fresno Bee | comment Comment
08/19/05
Donald Munro
Donald Munro
Fresno Bee

Carell brings something funny, and oddly real to Andy -- a touch of embarrassment, a bit of self-loathing, a genuinely sweet concern.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
08/19/05
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger

...it doesn’t have the cleverness to match its charisma.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment Comment
08/19/05
Todd Jorgenson
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Carell and Apatow's script is so hip, funny and -- yes -- innocent that it's never offensive.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/19/05
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

At the risk of sounding like a party pooper, The 40-Year-Old Virgin is essentially the joke spelled out in the title stretched out for nearly two hours, with lots and lots of dead spots.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/19/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

Big salute to rookie director Judd Apatow and funnyman Steve Carell for reinvigorating the R-rated comedy.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
08/19/05
Tyler Hanley
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly

Steve Carell finally gets his due.

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
08/19/05
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review

What is surprising ... is how funny that raunchiness is, how sweet the romance bubbling under that raunch, and how utterly winning actor Steve Carell is in the title role.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
08/19/05
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

I’d happily sit through separate films about any of Virgin’s co-stars.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
08/19/05
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

In this summer of raunchy, hilarious R-rated comedies, Virgin fits right in--even if the one-joke premise gets a little stale towards the end.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
08/19/05
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

a raunchy comedy that also has an undercurrent of sincerity to it.

Full Review Source: Lawrence Journal-World | comment Comment
08/19/05
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

The 40-Year-Old Virgin is possibly the best comedy of the year

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
08/19/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

The raunchy humor is at least one notch above Wedding Crashers and even makes American Pie seem pretty tame.

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
08/19/05
Paul Salfen
Paul Salfen
Supercala.com

Turns low-brow humor into high art.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
08/19/05
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

It’ll take more than one film to secure Carell’s place as a comic star but The 40 Year Old Virgin turns out to be a good start.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
08/19/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
 
 
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