The 40 Year Old Virgin

Released 2005
Stars Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Leslie Mann, Jane Lynch
Directed by Judd Apatow

Andy Stitzer (the hilarious Steve Carell) has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his close group of friends: To the shock of everyone he knows, he's still a virgin. The guys at the store make it their mission to change that, but Andy seems hopeless -- until he meets single mom Trish Catherine Keener).

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I'm a little torn on this movie. Parts of it were very funny, but many parts were unnecessarily vulgar. Don't get me wrong, I like vulgar. Vulgar can be funny, but I've never found old people spewing profanity funny. That's just sad to me, and the language for the crew in general could have been cleaned up. I haven't heard that many f-words since Scarface, and it gets tiresome after a while. At least they had the balls to go for an R rating, though. I have to say I enjoyed it, but I'm guessing it's one of those movies that would grow on me more when I catch it on cable a few times. --Bill Alward, March 28, 2006