The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)'s comments

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tylerdurden

steve carrel is just one of the funniest guys ever

13 years 7 months ago

daisyaday

Funny but also sweetly charming.

11 years 8 months ago

Dieguito

Really funny, but not one of the best comedies

12 years 9 months ago

I put this movie on once every six months or so, not necessarily from the beginning.

In addition to always making me laugh (even when alone), I find it romantic, and the tone between the male characters so warm and funny that it makes the whole of "I love you, man" superfluous.

13 years 6 months ago

Siskoid

I've been mostly charmed by Judd Apatow's output as a writer, director and producer, but his first couple films eluded me. They seemed like the kind of stupid sex/stoner comedy stuff I hate. And of course, there is some of that in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (the LGBT-themed jokes have dated horribly, if they weren't already dated in 2005), but Steve Carell pulls off a sweet romance with Catherine Keener (who I always like) as the title character, a nice enough guy for whom it never really happened and the longer he waited, the less important (and the scarier) it seemed. So while his bros are in charge of the obnoxious sex/stoner stuff, that's not at the center of the film. What I find interesting about Apatow's brand of comedy is that while its premises are rife with comic potential, it actually does explore the complex emotions that would (and do) result from those premises. Best part: The very ending as the credits come up.

6 years ago