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40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 132
Fresh: 50
Rotten:82
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Consensus: As romantic comedies go, 40 Days and 40 Nights is smutty, sexist, and puerile.
Theatrical Release: Mar 1, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $37,885,539
Synopsis: Matt (Josh Hartnett) is having a hard time moving on six months after his relationship with bombshell Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) ended. He finds himself involved in empty physical relationships that are unfulfilling and ultimately send him... [More]
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Vinessa Shaw, Monet Mazur
Director: Michael Lehmann
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Reviews for 40 Days and 40 Nights
Lehmann and screenwriter Rob Perez milk this idea for everything it's worth.
05/26/06
This tedious romantic romp is based on a single, tiny idea--a hunk (Josh Hartnet) abstaining from sex for the duration of Lent--extended to the limits of a feature-length picture.
02/03/06
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01/26/06
Even by the relatively relaxed standards of teen sex, or no sex, farces, 40 Days and 40 Nights is painful to watch.
01/07/05
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08/07/04
Top Critic They could have easily made yet another gross-out comedy, but instead the laughs are born of clever writing and likable characters.
01/07/04
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12/15/03
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12/15/03
Finds a way to present a light-hearted sexual comic fairy tale, then derails itself with bad romantic comedy fallbacks.
06/08/03
This movie was about the most excruciating hour and a half I've endured recently.
02/08/03
This film would've been a lot funnier if the filmmaker's had shown the slightest bit of imagination in terms of the plot's comic possibilities.
12/08/02
In places 40 Days is actually quite witty but one can't help feeling that both Hartnett and Lehmann ... deserve better than this.
11/04/02
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