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The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

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Reviews Counted:177

Fresh:151

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.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use

Runtime: 1 hr. 56 min.

Genre: Comedy

Theatrical Release: Aug 19, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $109.2M

Synopsis: Andy Stitzer is a nice guy. He's shy, considerate, polite, lives alone, rides his bicycle to work at Circuit City, has a pristine collection of action... Andy Stitzer is a nice guy. He's shy, considerate, polite, lives alone, rides his bicycle to work at Circuit City, has a pristine collection of action figures, is pathologically nervous around women and at 40 years old, is still a virgin. When his co-workers discover this, they make it their mission to get Andy laid. He reluctantly goes along with their plan, but when he meets Trish, a single mother of three, she changes everything. [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, Gerry Bednob, Carla Gallo, Kat Dennings, Shelley Malil, Nancy Walls, Jonah Hill, Mindy Kaling

Director: Judd Apatow

Director: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow, Steve Carell
Producer: Clayton Townsend, Judd Apatow, Shauna Weinberg
Distributor: Universal Pictures

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Simultaneously subversive and reactionary

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Sep 1, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Leave it to Judd Apatow to take a simple concept you’d find in basically any sex comedy, and add his own original twist on it.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

funny all way through

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
Apr 9, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Mr. Carell and Mr. Apatow traffic in random humor and though their ability to sustain it is impressive, it's at the expense of any real emotion. Which is a bit ironic.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Appeals equally to fans of no-holds-barred gross-out movies and those looking for something more intelligent. It's hilarious, surprisingly perceptive, and even sweet.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
May 16, 2007
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

An infuriatingly-offensive, soft-porn primer on how to treat girls as objects who exist at the disposal of men.

Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | comment 18 Comments
Apr 15, 2007
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

The movie belongs to Carell, who takes a one-joke role and turns him into a three-dimensional human being.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
Mar 1, 2007
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

If it were 20 minutes shorter, it would be that much closer to perfect.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
Oct 7, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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There are lots of stereotypes about grown-up virgins, but the film stands these stereotypes on their head, so much so that, by the end, our protagonist seems like the sanest character of the bunch.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment 1 Comment
Sep 1, 2006
Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today

Apatow's sex comedy...hits its stride eventually, and keeps us rooting for it...thanks to its honesty and sweetness

Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | comment Comment
Aug 24, 2006
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Cinema Writer

The script is little more than an excuse for letting a bouncy team of sketch comics have their heads. Unlike most films pasted together in this way, it displays a certain cohesion.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment 1 Comment
Jul 1, 2006
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

At its best it resembles one of those classic early-’80s comedies starring Steve Martin -- the thinking man’s Woody Allen -- boasting an acute mix of desperation, dignity, lunacy and indecorous wit.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Jun 24, 2006
Time Out

The script by Carell and director Judd Apatow is not for the prudish or easily offended. That said, it’s still one of the funniest movies of the year.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
May 12, 2006
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

An often very funny sex comedy.

Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com | comment Comment
Feb 20, 2006
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

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Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
Feb 17, 2006
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

There’s crude, lewd humour, bawdy innuendo and surprisingly plenty of heart in this bad-taste romantic comedy that insists we tag along for the fun.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
Oct 2, 2005
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

Apatow genuinely loves his hero, and the film's innate sweetness carries it through the rough patches of a funny comedy with a central relationship that isn't particularly funny.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
Sep 26, 2005
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

Era inevitável que um comediante talentoso como Carell ganhasse seu próprio filme.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
Sep 23, 2005
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The mature gross out comedy.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2005
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
eFilmCritic.com

Count me among the naysayers.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment 4 Comments
Sep 7, 2005
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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