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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 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 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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| upc: |
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| title: |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
| theatricalDate: |
19-08-2005 |
| stars: |
Steve Carell
Catherine Keener
Paul Rudd
Romany Malco
Seth Rogen
Elizabeth Banks (II)
Leslie Mann
Jane Lynch
Gerry Bednob
Shelley Malil
Kat Dennings
Jordy Masterson
Chelsea Smith (II)
Jonah Hill
Erica Vittina Phillips
Marika Dominczyk
Mindy Kaling
Mo Collins
Gillian Vigman
Kimberly Page |
| purchase date: |
07-09-2006 |
| publisher: |
Universal Studios |
| published: |
13-12-2005 |
| price: |
$19.98 |
| net Rating: |
3.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
Unrated |
| minutes: |
133 |
| last lookup time: |
179361568 |
| genre: |
Sex Comedies
Underdogs
Comedy |
| fullTitle: |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Widescreen Edition) |
| features: |
AC-3
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Dubbed
Subtitled
Widescreen
NTSC
1.85:1 |
| edition: |
Unrated |
| director: |
Judd Apatow |
| currentValue: |
$6.89 |
| created: |
179361552 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00005JNZU
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