The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

Wonderful character development!

Instant Favorite.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This is such a cute movie, it's both hilarious and sweet at once. The characters are really likeable. Steve Carrell is perfectly cast, as always.

Tone, Script & Story: The story moves around a guy who stays virgin until he is 40 years and finally loses it after his colleagues know about it. It follows genre which is drama, comic in nature. It ends how a true love story would end. Acting: Adult references along with included humor by actors set a bar which is quite above the average.Final Verdict: It is hilarious adult comedy followed by quite a justified love story. A must watch.

I loved this movie! I expected it to be crass and filled with gutter humour. In fact it deals with the subject of sex with sensitivity - as well as a lot of humour. I smiled from start to finish - especially loved the ending. Carrell is brilliant, as are all the supporting actors. It's a symphony of humour.

Fans of gross out movies will find plenty of laughs here, but ultimately this film does have a lot of heart and substance. One of the big jokes is that although 40yo virgin Andy (Steve Carell) is supposedly the socially inept one, all his friends who are advising him have disastrous love lives and don't know what they're talking about. The movie does poke a lot of fun at Andy as a nerd and a prude but it does have empathy that he's been traumatised by too many bad experiences and has given up on love. But one piece of good advice he does get is to take a few risks. Enter Trish, the saleswoman who works near Steve. She's played with great energy and wit by Catherine Keener. She is perfect for this role. Trish is a single mother of three girls does her best and makes mistakes, but does put herself out in the world and helps Andy get over his many problems. The supporting cast includes the hilarious Jane Lynch as Andy's blunt boss at the electrical store who can generate laughs just with a facial expression. As Andy's friends, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd's characters are all sleazy towards women at times, which jarred with me. Maybe the filmmakers were just portraying how clueless and inappropriate they are. As hopeless dates for Andy (one a drunk driver and the other a ditsy sex maniac), Lesley Mann and Elizabeth Banks contribute memorable cameos. The movie sometimes descends to smut - do we really need all those porn and toilet scenes? - but overall it's an entertaining and well meaning film. And the final scene is a real joy!