
Universal Studios - Universal Studios
Release date: 2005-12-13
DVD
Director:Judd Apatow
Actors: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen
Adult Humor, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Affectionate, Arrested Adolescence, Brief Nudity, Color, Comedies, Comedy, Comedy Video, Date from Hell, Drug Content, English, Feature, Feature Film-comedy, Goofy, Irreverent, Looking For Love, Movie, Playing the Field




If you want a comedy, a real comedy that deals with a lot of the questions many face in their daily lives, than this is a movie for you!
First of all, the entire cast is superb. Every character in this movie plays off of every other character so well, at times you may forget that you're watching a movie and feel like you're actively THERE with these guys! Second, the movie itself has a great message in the undertone; and that is that everyone is different and should live their life, with THEIR own goals and dreams.
This movie also has some of the best one-liners to come out in a long time, and led by the master of improv comedy in Steve Carell, with great supporting cast members; this movie will have you laughing out loud the entire time!
Classic movie, I watch it everyitme it's on tv even though I own the DVD becuase its just...that...funny!!! Put it on a pedestal, you won't regret it!
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" pretty much changed the comedy scene, in my mind. It's changing how these kinds of movies are made, and it also added so many new players to the game. Not only did it put Steve Carell on the map, it also introduced the world to Seth Rogan, popularized Paul Rudd, and showed that Judd Apatow isn't just a great TV writer, he's also a great film producer. He's the head of comedy's most successful band of actors and writers, and rarely stumbles. And this is the movie that started Apatow's winning streak that spawned movies such as Knocked Up, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Pineapple Express.
Aside from what it started, this is a great film. It's obviously a labor of love, and you don't need the expansive extras to see how much went into the making of it. Not only was there a great shooting script, but Apatow also encouraged all of the actors to improv, which produced great scenes such as the entire "You know how I know you're gay?" bit. The actors were all at the top of their games, delivering funny and--in Carell's case, anyway--nuanced performances. The story is as poignant as it is hilarious, and trust me, it's funny as hell. It's every bit as good as the best of Apatow's more recent work, which is saying quite a lot.
For vulgar, clever, emotional, well-written films, there's no better place to look but in Apatow's direction. And "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" delivers in every way.
9/10