The 40 year old Virgin

[slide_advantage_redoux]

My wife and I watched "The 40 yr old Virgin" tonight, and we had widely differing opinions on what we saw. My wife contends that this is a very sexist movie, and quite immature. She says I owe her a chick flick now. No problem there, because I actually like some movies thought of as "chick flicks"

What do you think about this movie? I didn't get the impression that my wife did. I rather enjoyed it, and I was pleased that this guy actually stuck to his guns - so to speak - and just didn't change himself to get laid. He met a lady he liked, fell in love, and when he had sex, it was on his emotional terms.

Also, the movie was hilarious. My wife laughed maybe twice during the whole thing.

Edited July 15, 2006 by slide_advantage_redoux

[RDK]

Your wife is, hmmm, a woman. Most guys i know thought this hilarious. Actually, most women i know liked the flick...

[GregK]

i thought it was funny. not sexist. It shows how immature the male characters in the movie are, in fact.

[Dmitry]

My wife thought it was quite funny. But then again she moved here from Europe only about 4 years ago...

[jazzbo]

My wife and I both enjoyed this film, saw it on the first weekend of its release.

[Guy Berger]

I thought the first half was funny, but it wasn't as good once it turned into a romantic comedy.

Guy

[jazzmessenger]

My wife and I also enjoyed the movie very much.

[sheldonm]

My better half said it was stupid but she laughed all the way through it.....especially the hair waxing episode!

m~

[HolyStitt]

IMHO, the best movie of 2005.

..and this is coming from someone that has seen all the Academy Award nominated movies and easily another 30 films released in 2005.

I thought Steve Carell was wonderful and the casting was perfect. I would have never imagined that Catherine Keener would turn out so perfect for the role she played.

I like the fact that they didn't feel they had to have the actual loss of his virginity turned into a big joke or classless act. As you said slide_advantage_redoux, he found someone he was interested in, fell in love, and then had sex when he was ready.

Though I have to say Carell made the movie, with anyone else in the role the movie wouldn't work.

Can you imagine Will Ferrell pulling off the role?

[JSngry]

Imagining Will Farrell pulling off is something I would want to avoid at all costs.

[HolyStitt]

Imagining Will Farrell pulling off is something I would want to avoid at all costs.

Exactly!

Will Ferrell is not as subtle.

[catesta]

It was like one big long episode of Three's Company.

In other words, stupid.

[.:.impossible]

I think Steve Carrell is hilarious, but I thought this movie was sub-par for him. I saw the unedited version, which was way long. Subtle is not a word that comes to mind when I think of this movie. A lot of the gags were purely shock value. I'd say this movie was a near-miss for him and hope he takes on more challenging roles in the future.

[sal]

I thought it was funny, but not hilarous.

And most girls I've spoken to have loved t.

[Dave James]

I went into this with fairly low expectations, but I wound up being pleasantly surprised. Far from anything of any lasting value, but enjoyable in its own way. Yards better than the dreck that's been foisted on an unsuspecting public of late by the likes of Vince Vaughn, the Wilson brothers, Ben Stiller or, heaven help us, Will Ferrell.

Up over and out.

[Brad]

Ehh! Nothing special.

[Uncle Skid]

I thought it was kinda stupid overall, but there were some pretty funny moments. Catherine Keener was the highlight for me.

The actress that played Carell's boss was pretty damn funny, too.

[HolyStitt]

Subtle is not a word that comes to mind when I think of this movie.

I wouldn't either, I was talking about Carell's role.

I just really dig his performance in this movie.

[Soulstation1]

i know someone who is a 42 YO virgin and it ain't me........

i'm gonna be 39 YO this year

Edited July 16, 2006 by Soulstation1

[relyles]

Other than one or two laughs, I could not wait for it to end.

[BruceH]

My wife and I saw it in the theater when it first came out and had a great time. She laughed all the way through it. Yeah, there were quite a few shmeless jokes, but I saw it mainly for Carell and Judd Apatow (the director and co-writer) who produced Freaks & Geeks. Catherine Keener turned out to be a nice extra. The film had a bit more heart than I expected, and yeah, much of the immaturity on display was at the expense of the male characters, showing them to losers and so on. I'd like to see Carell's new film, Little Miss Sunshine, but don't recall seeing it in release yet. Maybe it came and went quickly, I don't know.

[Guest Chaney]

I'd like to see Carell's new film, Little Miss Sunshine, but don't recall seeing it in release yet. Maybe it came and went quickly, I don't know.

In Theaters July 26

Ahhhh. Featuring the always wonderful Toni Collette.

[BruceH]

I'd like to see Carell's new film, Little Miss Sunshine, but don't recall seeing it in release yet. Maybe it came and went quickly, I don't know.

In Theaters July 26

Ahhhh. Featuring the always wonderful Toni Collette.

Thanks for the good news. I should jump on this, 'cause I've got a feeling it won't be anywhere near the hit that "Virgin" was.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

hi everybody its chewy-chewX2 reporting here: tell misses slide_advantage_redux that she needs to grow up and learn how to laugh and life and love because the 40 yr virgin is the funniest comedy film since the three amigos came out in the late 80s. my expectations for this film werent too great, until i saw it on dvd!!! (BY THE WAY THE DVD CUT IS UNRATED w/ ADDED JOKES U HAVE TO SEE THE DVD VERSION) when they made fun of Asia like that, that was hillarious

[bertrand]

'the 40 yr virgin is the funniest comedy film since the three amigos came out in the late 80s'

Talk about damning it with faint praise!