40-Year-Old Virgin, The
(c) A.J. Malouin 2007
(Ratings: 28 by Caryl and 29 by Al)
(2005/USA. Directed by Judd Apatow.) (1 hour 56. Rated R in the USA for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use. In English and some Spanish)
Just think: in the 1700s, most people would be dead at 40. Today, here’s one man who’s alive but has never had sex. Who’s better off is anybody’s guess.
You’re better off, however, for never seeing this thing. Even today, life is toooo short, and this thing is awful…just awful.
It’s full of foul language and sophomoric discussions of body parts.
Worst of all, it’s just plain, plain dumb.
In it, 40-year-old Andy Stitzer (as played by Steve Carrell) has a so-so job at one of those big-box electronics stores. Three of his work pals (played by Romany Malco, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd) discover that Stitzer has never had sex. With the best possible intentions, they resolve to absolve him of this short-coming.
The results are intended to be hilarious.
They are not.
Along the way, our hero (?) meets a 40-year-old single mom (Trish, played by Catherine Keener) who has three children. Guess what? Here is a woman who has had sex, and is willing to teach Andy the ropes! Because they both are so vulnerable, however, (and because the script is sooooooo stupid) the two of them make a pact not to have sex until after they have had 20 dates with each other.
In the end, Trish and Andy end up married and consumed by their consummation. Who cares about any of this, however??!?
Caryl & Al paid good money to see this thing in a movie theatre. There were eight teenagers in back of the theatre who thought all of it was funny. There was one beautiful 40-year-old woman in the middle of the theatre who got three or four chuckles out of this, and Caryl & Al could never discover the reasons for this.
It was Sunday evening, however, and the rest of the theatre was quite empty, leaving lots of room for Caryl & Al to launch their foreheads into the seat backs in front of them— praying for the concussion that would pass them out until this thing had passed them over. (No pun intended?)
Do not bring this thing into your home.