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Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) has gone 40 years without 'doing it.' Now his pals are making it their mission to help him score...fast! Can he survive their hilariously bad advice? Will he land in the arms of the way-too-experienced or the way-too-drunk? Or can he find true love where he least expects - from a gorgeous grandmother (Catherine Keener)? With additional footage too bold for theaters, The 40-Year-Old Virgin now packs even more outrageous comedy!
"The answer is, unequivocally, yes. Yes, Steve Carell can carry a movie." Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
"Buoyantly clever and amusing." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"...astoundingly astute but also wondrously clever..." Robert Wilonsky, Dallas Observer
"...an unconscionably funny sex farce that, by its end, turns into a tender and honest romance..." Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly
"Sweet, raunchy, and very, very funny." Victoria Alexander, FilmsInReview.com
Editor's Note
Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) rides his bike to his stockperson job at Smart Tech, has a nice apartment filled with collectable toys (in their original packages), and plays videogames every night before bed. He's also a 40-year-old virgin. During a poker game with his coworkers David (Paul Rudd), Jay (Romany Malco), and Cal (Seth Rogen), talk turns to sex and it becomes very clear that Andy doesn't know what he's talking about. His friends become intent on remedying his situation, and their advice leads to newfound confidence for nave Andy. But when he develops true feelings for single mother Trish (Catherine Keener), Andy finds that all the sex advice in the world won't help him navigate the choppy waters of an adult relationship.In Andy, Carrell has found a perfect comic creation who is hilarious, lovable, and rooted in reality. Rudd, Malco, and Rogen are also perfectly cast as Andy's cheerleaders. The script, by Carrell and first-time director Judd Apatow (producer of TV's FREAKS AND GEEKS), is consistently funny, and--despite its relentless crudity--treats its nerdy protagonist with the utmost respect. This rare quality and its high laugh-to-joke ratio make VIRGIN one of the most enjoyable comedies of the decade.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture And Sound |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | The 40 Year-Old Virgin - DVD By: David Levine - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 5/11/2007 5:12 PM | |
In The 40 Year-Old Virgin, budding comedian Steve Carell plays a geeky middle-aged virgin. This is not a stretch for Carell, because in his acting career, he really is a virgin. Until his breakthrough role in this film, Carell long roamed the desolate comedic sidelines behind bigger names like Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey, and Jon Stewart. And yet, despite being relegated to small supporting roles, Carell has consistently and feverously out-shined and out-muscled his senior counterparts. Now, with Virgin, Carell proves that he's got the stamina to go the distance in his first leading role.
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| The 40 Year-Old Virgin - DVD Review By: Josh Tyler - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 5/31/2007 12:31 PM | | From the title you'd think The 40 Year-Old Virgin is a movie about sex, and yes that's certainly a part of it. But at its core, Virgin is really about friendship. The friendship between Andy and the other guys at SmartTech is the heart of this film, but when it starts out Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) is a loner. He's not a loser really, he's simply living a quiet, lonely life. He fills his time with hobbies like videogames and action figure collection and why not, he has nothing better to do. He's alone, but he's not miserable. Not exactly. But in a way it's only because he doesn't know what he's missing. ...read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 5/22/2007 |
| Running Time: 133 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 61101155 | | UPC: 00025195009713 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (2006) | | | MTV Award, Steve Carell, Best Comedic Performance | |
Nominee (2006) | | | MTV Award, Romany Malco, Best Breakthrough Performance | | | MTV Award, Steve Carell, et. al., Best On-Screen Team | | | MTV Award, Steve Carell, Best Performance | | | MTV Award, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Best Movie |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Carell plays him in the funniest and most surprising way possible: as a credible human being....Buoyantly clever and amusing..." 08/26/2005 p.40-41Rolling Stone
"A howlingly comic revel in bad taste....[Carell] is flat-out hilarious....[It] keeps firing off rude, raucous laughs." 08/25/2005 p.111 USA Today
"Carell is now a major comedic force. With this awkward middle-aged character, which he expanded from a Second City comedy troupe sketch, he has landed on the ideal role to showcase his talents." 08/19/2005 p.6E Sight and Sound
"[T]he movie is often funny. Carell delivers some great ad-libbing....[A] messy, mischievous cult comedy in the making." 10/01/2005 p.58 Premiere
"[B]ehind every cheap joke in the film, there's as much heart as there is smut..." 02/01/2006 p.107 Rolling Stone
Ranked #19 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "Proof positive that Carell and director Judd Apatow are top writers." 12/01/2005 p.98 ReelViews 9 of 10
The 40 Year Old Virgin is proof that motion picture comedies can still be funny. Sadly, the kind of consistent humor delivered by this film happens too rarely. This is the movie Wedding Crashers should have been: rude, raunchy, uproarious, yet with elements that are surprisingly sweet. Unlike Wedding Crashers, which loses its edge (and a lot of its humor) early, The 40 Year Old Virgin keeps it up for nearly two hours. Yes, it's a little long, but there are still plenty of laughs remaining in the final 30 minutes, and the movie reserves one of its best jokes for last. If you're looking for a successor to There's Something About Mary and American Pie, look no further. It has arrived. And, if I may be so bold, this is more enjoyable than either of them. - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Here's a movie that could have had the same title and been a crude sex comedy with contempt for its characters. Instead, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" is surprisingly insightful, as buddy comedies go, and it has a good heart and a lovable hero...On the surface, the movie assembles a collection of ethnic types as varied as "Crash." It has fun with them, but it likes them, and it's gentle fun that looks for humanity, not cheap laughs...The movie was directed by Judd Apatow, who produced "Anchorman," and written by Apatow and Carell, the "Daily Show" veteran who first developed the idea of a closeted virgin in a Second City skit. The screenplay is filled with small but perfect one-liners...At the end, for no good reason except that it strikes exactly the perfect (if completely unexpected) note, the cast performs a Bollywood version of "Age of Aquarius." By then, they could have done almost anything and I would have been smiling. - Roger Ebert
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