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Author Topic: 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-18-2005 09:06 AM                     Finally got to see this one. Absolutely hilarious!! The age of Aquarius song at the end was kind of weird though. 3/5  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-26-2005 11:23 PM                        Pretty good movie. Finally, a chick flick for guys. Personally I thought the ending song was pretty dumb, but I've never seen "Hair," so maybe I'm missing something. 3.5 out of 5.  |  IP: Logged Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-27-2005 01:29 AM                        Finally watched it last night and I can actually say I'm glad to have seen it. From the trailers I was getting mixed feelings about it... but I enjoyed it. Thinking back on it I've kind of hoped for this type of movie to come out. There's always the whole teen sex comedy crap that releases every year. **Side Note: I kept thinking Paul Rudd would end up gay at the end. I totally agree with you Richard on the whole dancing/singing crap at the end. To me if it was shorten to like 10 seconds I'd be ok with it.  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-27-2005 06:30 PM                        Well I grew up on "hair" (thanks mom), and having met treat williams who still looks on that film as "oh you saw that film?", I did laugh pretty good at the ending song. However, no one else got the joke. Should have been left out. Nothing spoils a movie like a series of in jokes that no one gets. Ciao  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 09-28-2005 05:59 AM                     I was with Regal when they started the reflective vest thing. It was done so the checkers could easily see the staff when they walked the auditoriums. Even the managers have to wear them. Apparently their checkers have vision problems.  |  IP: Logged Max Einhorn Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Middletown, PA, USA Registered: Sep 2005 posted 10-02-2005 09:37 AM                        This review is directly from my website, which is why the format looks out of place Steve Carell is the hilarious virgin who somehow has missed an important rite of passage. The film is a fun, laugh it up party, and you will walk out of the theater trying to catch your breath. Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell, The Office), works at a Circuit City-like store, lives in an apartment filled with boxed collectors’ toys, and has a bike as his only transportation. When his co-workers David (Paul Rudd), Jay (Romany Malco) and Cal (Seth Rogen) are short a guy for their poker night, they ask Andy to join in. After they take turns telling tales of their sexual escapades, it’ s Andy’s turn and as he tries desperately (and hilariously) to make something up. The guys quickly figure out the truth and soon dedicate themselves to helping Andy solve his problem. They try a lot of things, from Date-A- Palooza (20 dates in an hour), to locking him in the store with pornography blaring on the huge TVs. Nothing works and Andy has given up hope, when a woman who works in the neighborhood, Trish (Catherine Keener), comes into the store and Andy waits on her. Trish seems interested in Andy and eventually he works up the nerve to ask her out. The two begin to date but Andy is too embarrassed to admit his lack of experience and does his best to avoid the whole issue. This puts Andy in many awkward but achingly funny situations. The humor in Virgin is crude but hilarious. Steve Carell is a very funny actor, and I think it is great that he has finally been given the chance to play the main character in a film. He’s been seen previously in supporting roles in films such as Bruce Almighty, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Bewitched. These later two films starred Will Ferrell and I think it is safe to say that Carrell could have played the lead roles in those films and they would have been much better. Fortunately Carrell has more leading roles in the works, having been signed to play Maxwell Smart in Get Smart and Sammy the Squirrel in Over The Hedge. What really does surprise me though is that a film with this many laughs can still tell a coherent story. You may think this is a one joke film (yeah, hahaha he’s a virgin and forty!), but its not and it really holds up for the two hour length of the film. Behind all the raunchiness and crude comedy, there is the serious message that there is more to relationships than sex. It also sends the message that sex is everywhere in the media and that you can’t go anywhere without being exposed to it. Director Judd Apatow has made a complete recovery with this film. His past films, Kicking and Screaming and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, were both mediocre. He has, however, written some really good TV comedy such as Freaks and Geeks and The Critic. I will say that this film will appeal more to guys because it is a crude and raunchy movie about crude and raunchy guys. If you like that sort of thing, it really is a great film and if you don’t see it, like Andy, you really will be missing something. Rated R for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use. Running time: 116 minutes MAXimum Warning! This film is definitely not for children.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 11-04-2005 12:33 AM                     I thought it worthy to note that I attended my first 16mm screening this evening, The 40 Year-Old Virgin being the lucky feature. Three months after I last saw the movie and it seems longer with these wildly obscure niches coming out at me from a film I thought I'd seen all of. It's the same experience I have with The Critic, now that I realize Apatow was a part of. Anyway... Coffman Memorial Union Theater (U of MN) Minneapolis, MN 16mm Booming mono, full House (some 200?) Started out with a strange cruise ship introduction piece entitled "The Time of Your Life" 16 print was in good shape, with only R2 having a consistent vertical scratch. Sound mix didn't transpose well to 16, I guess that could be the fault of the facility though, we'll see. Focus instability on the right hand side of the image, as well. Hey, at least it was free.  |  IP: Logged Jason Winn Expert Film Handler Posts: 131 From: Mesquite, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2006 posted 03-19-2006 09:26 PM                     Finally! They made a movie about my life! Nah, just kidding, or am I . . . ? I thought it was pretty funny. I'm a big fan of The Office. I've seen every episode. Steve Carell is hilarious, so I was excited to see this movie. It had a lot of big laughs!  |  IP: Logged

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