The Daily Show’s Steve Carell is a man beset by bed-side struggles in the romantic-comedy THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN. Carell is Andy, a 40-year old virgin, whose sex life failed him during high school and college, and now, has more or less resigned from dating. During a late-night game of poker with his co-workers, Andy’s love life is exposed and his fellow employees decide they’ll assist Andy in ending his drought.
Just like THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and this year’s WEDDING CRASHERS, THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN works because it’s hilariously crude absurdities, really aren’t that absurd. In some ways, the film is just as crude as DEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGELOW, but VIRGIN earns laughs because, as ludicrous as the situations are, we laugh with its characters and understand their plight. Carell, along with director Judd Apatow, wrote the script which works in large part due to Andy. Unlike the previously mentioned BIGALOW, Andy is a really likable guy, who hasn’t been with a woman due to luck, circumstance and probably most of all, because he’s a gentleman. Carell deserves as much credit for his acting, as he does his writing, creating a character who we can laugh at, and with. THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN is a rambunctious and fun-loving comedy that I recommend.
Grade: B
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