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The 40 Year Old Virgin
A forty year old virgin mistakenly lets his secrets into the hands of his buddy's connive on how to get him laid.
1969
9 April 1986, Long Island, New York, USA
30 December 1997, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
7 March 1974, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
10 February 1974, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
July 20, 1977 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
22 June 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
April 14, 2013
Apatow's creative miscalculation here extends well beyond forgetting to give his characters much to do: He made a comedy that's just not very funny
September 06, 2005
It's truly dirty and truly romantic at the same time, a combination that's very hard to pull off.
April 09, 2008
funny all way through
September 01, 2009
Simultaneously subversive and reactionary
July 07, 2010
A pleasant surprise, The 40 Year Old Virgin stands apart from other gross out comedies mainly because of how it deals with the films main theme.
June 24, 2006
At its best it resembles one of those classic early-'80s comedies starring Steve Martin -- the thinking man's Woody Allen -- boasting an acute mix of desperation, dignity, lunacy and indecorous wit.
April 29, 2009
Leave it to Judd Apatow to take a simple concept you'd find in basically any sex comedy, and add his own original twist on it.
September 26, 2005
Apatow genuinely loves his hero, and the film's innate sweetness carries it through the rough patches of a funny comedy with a central relationship that isn't particularly funny.
August 19, 2005
It's worth making a date with The 40-Year-Old Virgin. You won't go home disappointed.
October 07, 2006
If it were 20 minutes shorter, it would be that much closer to perfect.
September 25, 2010
Judd Apatow might have been crowned the savior of American comedy, but the brutal truth is that he peaked with this, his first major hit. Sadly, so did Steve Carell. So savor this perfect moment that they shared, and scripted, together.