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The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 181
Fresh: 154 | Rotten: 27

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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Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 6

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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One man nervously ventures forth into the final frontier in this comedy starring comic actor Steve Carell. Andy Stitzer (Carell) is a cheerfully geeky guy who is settling into middle age with his large collection of comic books, action figures, and collectable models. Andy works in an electronics store, and seems reasonably happy with his life. However, one day his friends and co-workers David (Paul Rudd), Jay (Romany Malco), and Cal (Seth Rogen) discover that Andy has a secret -- due to his

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Judd Apatow, Steve Carell

Dec 13, 2005

$109.2M

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All Critics (183) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (161) | Rotten (28) | DVD (43)

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

October 7, 2006 Full Review Source: Salon.com
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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.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Count me among the naysayers.

September 7, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comments (9)
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It's truly dirty and truly romantic at the same time, a combination that's very hard to pull off.

September 6, 2005
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It's worth making a date with The 40-Year-Old Virgin. You won't go home disappointed.

August 19, 2005 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment (1)
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The 40 Year-Old Virgin speaks to the geek in us all, it's democratic in its ridicule, and it makes you understand why sometimes a guy just wants to stay home and talk to his toys.

August 19, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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Apatow's creative miscalculation here extends well beyond forgetting to give his characters much to do: He made a comedy that's just not very funny

April 14, 2013 Full Review Source: Film Racket
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Judd Apatow might have been crowned the savior of American comedy, but the brutal truth is that he peaked with this, his first major hit. Sadly, so did Steve Carell. So savor this perfect moment that they shared, and scripted, together.

September 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com
Suite101.com

A pleasant surprise, The 40 Year Old Virgin stands apart from other gross out comedies mainly because of how it deals with the films main theme.

July 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews
Matt's Movie Reviews

Simultaneously subversive and reactionary

September 1, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
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.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

funny all way through

April 9, 2008 | Comment (1)

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.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound
Big Picture Big Sound

A must-have for anyone who's even a casual fan of Virgin or director Judd Apatow's other work.

May 31, 2007 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com
CinemaBlend.com

A sure-fire sign of a successful movie that's got 'legs' on DVD is the release of numerous editions on disc.

May 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
Apollo Guide

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.

May 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
Apollo Guide

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

April 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comments (28)
Princeton Town Topics

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

April 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | Comments (2)
Upstage Magazine

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

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
Film Journal International

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.

September 1, 2006 | Comments (4)
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Audience Reviews for The 40 Year Old Virgin

Throughout your first experience of this film, you will be rolling on the floor laughing, and watching it a second time, you will be as equally enthralled. I really like how a film that runs solely on sex jokes can be so damn original. So, Andy (Steve Carell) is a "40 Year Old Virgin," and is pursuaded by his friends to find a girl to have sex with, ad along the way, he finally finds his first and only true love. This film is very complex for a comedy, which is a huge payoff in the end, and I was left completely and utterly satisfied. Anyone who complains about this film being bad, must have a problem with the plot or something other than the comedy, because the writing is absolutely gut-splittingly hilarious. This film rocks!
January 23, 2010
KJ Proulx

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Sharp dialogue is the name of this movie. Yes, there are occasional fart, genitalia, or immature jokes thrown around but what elevates this comedy to be an incredible one is the performances and the dialogue. A must watch for all comedy fans. I loved it.
September 18, 2010
Albert Kim

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    1. Trish: Everybody dick look big on 60-inch TV, my sister's dick look big on TV.
    – Submitted by Brendan C (7 months ago)
    1. Mooj: [upon hearing about Andy's promotion] This is the bullshit of all bullshit! Scumbag! Ass kisser.
    – Submitted by Brendan C (7 months ago)
    1. Mooj: What are you? 25?
    2. Andy Stitzer: I'm 40.
    3. Mooj: Holy shit, man. You got to get on that.
    – Submitted by Ryan H (9 months ago)
    1. Andy Stitzer: Hope you got a big trunk, cause I'm putting my bike in it.
    2. Beth: Whooo...yeaaahhh!
    – Submitted by Paul T (10 months ago)
    1. Cal: You got a hummer from the tranny, didn't you?
    – Submitted by Evan T (18 months ago)
    1. Cal: She likes you, man.
    2. David: Too bad I retired my penis.
    – Submitted by Evan T (18 months ago)

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