The 40 Year Old Virgin

< Previous Trailer  |   Add to My Scrapbook  |   Next Trailer >
The 40 Year Old Virgin

81% Liked It
liked it

The 40 Year Old Virgin

Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Banks, Gerry Bednob, Jane Lynch, Leslie Mann

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 a...( read more  read more... )nd 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.

Id: 10893374

Do you want to see this movie?

My Friends Said...

The 40 Year Old Virgin Recent Reviews

Register or sign-in to see your friends' reviews !

Recent Reviews

The 40 Year Old Virgin Recent Reviews
  • lewiskendell
    October 11, 2009
    lewiskendell
    Steve Carell is one of the funniest men alive. The 40 Year Old Virgin was his breakout role, and it's about as funny as any of the best comedies in recent times.

    The story is basically exactly what you expect from the title, but thankfully, Carell's character is never portrayed...( read more) as pathetic, even though he thinks he is. As a result, the movie is funny without being mean-spirited. Hilarious!
  • SirPant
    September 29, 2009
    SirPant
    This was so much better than I thought it would be and still Judd Apatow?s best comedy to date.
  • Deano78
    August 27, 2009
    Deano78
    A pretty funny, light hearted sex comedy. It's not got the gross out humour of more recent comedies, you know the ones I mean! Overall quite a funny film for both sexes to enjoy.
  • phubbs1
    July 18, 2009
    phubbs1
    So far this is Carell's best film. It suits him perfectly, Carell makes the film, without him it would probably just sink away but his innocent, simple,naive and nervous jittering really work so well haha the scene where Carell and friends all sit around and discuss women and the...( read more)re sexual experiences is a great example.

    It isnt a great film but its worth seeing. Plenty of toilet humor, silly gags, sexy ladies and sex jokes hehe the best thing is how you can actually relate to it in some cases, we have all been lonely for periods of time and found talking to girls hard haha you can see Andys probs haha :)
  • stopitgoaway
    July 15, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    The key to The 40-Year-Old Virgin is not merely that Andy Stitzer is a 40-year-old virgin, but rather the manner in which Steve Carell presents him as one. In a genre of crass "comedy" that has become typified by its lack of humor and engaging characters, The 40-Year-Old Virgin o...( read more)ffers a colorful cast and an intelligent, heartfelt script that doesn't use its protagonist as the butt-end of cruel jokes. That Andy is still a virgin at forty years old is not as much a joke, in fact, as it is a curiosity.

    Carell, a veteran of Team Ferrell in Anchorman and an ex-Daily Show castmember, uses the concept of the film to expand his character ? we get to understand why Andy is the way he is. It's the little things that make this film work. When Andy's co-worker at an electronics store asks him what he did for the weekend, Andy describes his failed efforts at cooking. When Andy rides his bike to work, he signals his turns. He doesn't just adorn his home with action figures ? he paints them, and talks to them, and reveals that some of the really old ones have belonged to him since childhood. A lesser comedy wouldn't even begin to focus on all of these things.

    The plot is fairly simplistic ? Andy's co-worker pals find out he's never had sex and they make it a personal quest of theirs to get him in bed with a woman. It's a childish idea and the film makes no attempt to conceal its juvenility.

    Andy's friends are a complement to his neurotic nature: David (Paul Rudd) has broken up with his girlfriend over two years ago but is still obsessed with her, Jay (Romany Malco) is a womanizing ladies' man and Cal (Seth Rogen) is a tattooed sexaholic. Their attempts at getting Andy in the sack backfire numerous times, and each time leaves Andy feeling less and less optimistic.

    Finally Andy meets single mom Trish (played by Catherine Keener) and, much to the chagrin of his worrying buddies who claim mothers aren't worth it, he falls in love with her. They begin a relationship and agree to put off having sex for twenty days ? Trish being unaware that Andy is still a virgin.

    The 40-Year-Old Virgin was directed by Judd Apatow, the man who produced Anchorman and The Cable Guy, and began the short-lived cult TV show Freaks and Geeks. Apatow is renowned for his unique sense of humor, and the script ? co-written by Carell ? offers plenty.

    However, in the end the most interesting and (indeed surprising) aspect of The 40-Year-Old Virgin is its maturity. By now you are probably well aware that the film received glowing reviews from the critics, and even I was surprised by its warm reception. But after seeing the film, it's easy to understand why. We like Andy. We care about him. He's not just some cardboard cutout sex-comedy cliché ? he's a real, living, breathing person. His neurotic traits combine the best of Woody Allen with childish naivety. His friends are not unlikable jerks and his romance is tumultuous and bittersweet. It strikes a chord with the audience.

    Although this is far from being a perfect movie and definitely contains some rather crude innuendo and sexual humor, it doesn't offend to the extent that other genre entries might have because we have affection for the people on-screen. The best sex comedies work this way ? from Risky Business to American Pie ? and that is the major difference between something like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and 40 Days and 40 Nights.
  • Marischa2
    December 18, 2009
    Marischa2
    its one of those guy movies you know.
  • ZakaryasX
    December 18, 2009
    ZakaryasX
    STEVE CARELL IS DOWNRIGHT HILARIOUS IN THIS.
  • FoetusOfTheYear
    December 15, 2009
    FoetusOfTheYear
    So fucking hilairious, solid plot and great quotable lines...FFFUCCKKING FFFRRRENCH TOAST!
  • pukyotan85
    December 14, 2009
    pukyotan85
    it's ok if it's me..haha
  • BenBBB
    December 13, 2009
    BenBBB
    Une très bonne comédie, ni trop teenager ni trop sentimentale. Steve Carell est toujours excellent. Les personnages sont très attachants, à commencer par le protagoniste principal. Un bon dosage de bons sentiments, de scènes touchantes et de situations osées et grossières. Une co...( read more)médie américaine très rafraichissante, purement apatow-esque.
View All Reviews

Opening This Week

Top Box Office

Upcoming Movies

New on DVD