The 40-Year-Old Virgin (XXL Version) [DVD] [2005]

Good fun

Steve Carell, who provided some of the best improv in Anchorman and has risen admirably to the impossible task of filling Ricky Gervais’ shoes in the US version of The Office, should soon be as big a star as Will Ferrell. Director and co-writer Judd Apatow, the brilliant creator of TV series Freaks And Geeks, equally deserves all the success in the world. This first big project for both men is almost the wonderful movie such a pair should produce — yet it falls just short, strangely hamstrung by an overload of uncontrolled creativity. Regardless, if you don’t leave The 40 Year-Old Virgin with a goofy grin playing across your face, it’s time to stock up on Lithuanian fishing documentary DVDs and book yourself a regular slot on Newsnight Review. This has many a moment of gross-out comedy par excellence, providing all manner of yuk for your buck. A bizarre speed-dating sequence with nipples making bids for freedom and a sly chat-up in a bookshop (preceded by the finest dating advice in history) will bring tears to the eyes, while a squirming, clearly improv’d waxing session will invite multiple howls. Carell has a natural gift for making the mundane uproarious and remaining loveable throughout (it’s a measure of his charm that his insistence on keeping cherry firmly intact never seems pathetic) that elevates even the basest comedy moments… although two morning-erection jokes is pushing it. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads It’s in trying to be more that Apatow sadly stumbles. At the film’s centre is a very sweet story about a man choosing to wait for a woman he loves rather than give it up for one of the nymphomaniacs shoved his way. It’s like an older, yet less mature, version of American Pie. But where that balanced sweet and unsavoury, this loses its central romance amid the bodily fluids and flatulence. Catherine Keener, always watchable, is left screaming for attention as an insistent pack of testosteroney friends continually interrupt her storyline, reducing both her romantic impact and their own hilarity.

One of the greatest comedies of the past 20 years! Brilliant film from start to finish, and all the crisper in HD.

I owned this film on DVD for a while and it was time to upgrade it to Blu Ray. This was well worth the buy. The picture is a whole lot sharper and Audio much better than the DVD. This film is a very entertaining comedy.

Love this film - Steve Carrell at his best. Although there's plenty of gross out humour the film is actually quite touching in places. Never get tired of seeing the waxing scene! Enjoy!

One of the best comedies of recent years thanks to the combined talents of Apatow, Carell, Keener, Rogen, Rudd, Lynch et al. Simple premise well executed with beefy supporting turns and a warm glow at its centre. Watch now.

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This is not the advertised DVD

Que l'on aime ou pas le film, force est de constater que l'image proposée par ce BR atteint des sommets. Présentée en plein ecran, l'image affiche une pureté exceptionnelle et des couleurs fabuleuses. Un vrai régal pour les yeux, de la vraie HD !!!

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OMG! Hilarious! Such a good movie. I am a big fan of Steve Carell - he is perfect in the role of the 40 year old virgin. (NOT for those who are offended by the f-bomb. Sometimes the language or humor can be a little much for those not accustomed to vulgar humor or very explicit language)

Andy (Steve Carell) works at an electronic store as a stock boy. Andy also plays video games and collects comics and rare toys. Andy's weekend of fun is buying the ingredients for an egg salad sandwich...and making it. Andy is 40 years old. Andy is also a virgin. Within the store that Andy works at are a bunch of guys who do what most guys do. Talk crap to one another (in a `friend' way), play poker, go clubbing, lookin for the chickys, and even going to see donkey shows. Well, Andy doesn't really fit in with the rest of the group, but one day the rest of the guys ask Andy to fill in at the poker game because one of the regulars won't be there. During the game the guys start talking about sex and women, and Andy makes the mistake of saying boobs feel like a bag of sand. Thanks to this mistake the guys figure out he's still a virgin. And instead of making his life a living hell, they decide to help him out in the ways they know how. This movie has made me laugh so many times and in so many spots. Judd Apatow (writer, director, and producer) has the exact same kind of comedy as me. And to me that comedy is just straight stupid and non-caring and perverse and quick witted and spontaneous...and ... and... well... there is just so much more. Thankfully Apatow has made it in the movie business because the networks sure didn't let him succeed on T.V. (Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared). Also I'm happy that Apatow has kept a lot of his actors from his T.V. shows and starred or co-starred them in his movies, Like Seth Rogen for instance. To me, Seth was just not that funny at all in Freaks and Geeks, but now he's one of my favorite actors for a comedy. I've seen The 40-Year Old Virgin around 20 times since it came out in theaters and I still laugh at it in many spots. The only bad thing I can say about this movie is that it just isn't for everyone. Some people's humor is just so far gone or to snobbish that they'll never like a movie like this. There is a lot of cussing, perverse jokes, and even nudity. And that's ok that it's not for everyone, but for the people that cant stand movies like this... how do you not know what you are getting into before you watch something like this? In the end, I would say BUY this movie if you love to laugh at some crude humor. Stay away if you don't. P.S. I would love to be in an Apatow movie.

A plus