The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated) [HD
DVD] starring Steve Carell, Catherine
Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco,
Seth Rogen
Apatow's "One"
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. Theres no point
describing the plot; its 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 its a lot less funny as a result. Nonetheless,
there are many great bits, and Carell deserves the chance to shine. --Bret
Fetzer
Personal Review: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated) [HD DVD]
starring Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany
Malco, Seth Rogen
Andy (Steve Carell) works at an electronic store as a stock boy. Andy also
plays video games and collects comics and rare toys. Andy's weekend of
fun is buying the ingredients for an egg salad sandwich...and making it.
Andy is 40 years old. Andy is also a virgin.
Within the store that Andy works at are a bunch of guys who do what most
guys do. Talk crap to one another (in a `friend' way), play poker, go
clubbing, lookin for the chickys, and even going to see donkey shows.
Well, Andy doesn't really fit in with the rest of the group, but one day the
rest of the guys ask Andy to fill in at the poker game because one of the
regulars won't be there. During the game the guys start talking about sex
and women, and Andy makes the mistake of saying boobs feel like a bag
of sand. Thanks to this mistake the guys figure out he's still a virgin. And
instead of making his life a living hell, they decide to help him out in the
ways they know how.
This movie has made me laugh so many times and in so many spots. Judd
Apatow (writer, director, and producer) has the exact same kind of comedy
as me. And to me that comedy is just straight stupid and non-caring and
perverse and quick witted and spontaneous...and ... and... well... there is
just so much more. Thankfully Apatow has made it in the movie business
because the networks sure didn't let him succeed on T.V. (Freaks and
Geeks, Undeclared). Also I'm happy that Apatow has kept a lot of his
actors from his T.V. shows and starred or co-starred them in his movies,
Like Seth Rogen for instance. To me, Seth was just not that funny at all in
Freaks and Geeks, but now he's one of my favorite actors for a comedy.
I've seen The 40-Year Old Virgin around 20 times since it came out in
theaters and I still laugh at it in many spots.
The only bad thing I can say about this movie is that it just isn't for
everyone. Some people's humor is just so far gone or to snobbish that
they'll never like a movie like this. There is a lot of cussing, perverse jokes,
and even nudity. And that's ok that it's not for everyone, but for the people
that cant stand movies like this... how do you not know what you are
getting into before you watch something like this?
In the end, I would say BUY this movie if you love to laugh at some crude
humor. Stay away if you don't.

P.S. I would love to be in an Apatow movie.
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