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Year Old Virgin: Steve Carell
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A lot of the credit for what's right with 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin goes to the screenplay, which Carell and Apatow wrote. They like these characters and, when it matters, they dare to give them feelings, none truer than Andy's.
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"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" has many weaknesses, besides the failings of the central romance, which it overcomes by being consistently funny. Some are minor, like the fact that several beautiful women throw themselves at Andy (and he blows it with each of them) for no reason other than this is a Hollywood movie aimed at an audience that likes beautiful women. Others are more significant, like Aptow's absolute refusal to move on from any scene until he's exhausted every single joke he and Carell can conjure from the circumstances, resulting in a self-indulgent 116-minute run-time that makes the movie drag in places.
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Plot Summary: 40-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carrell) has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet--something most people have done by his age. Done a lot. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex--not even by accident. So is that such a big deal?
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Steve Carell stars as the likable central character in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," a raunchy, laugh-out-loud-funny comedy during its first half that becomes more of a sweet-natured romance in its last half. The movie marks the feature directorial debut of Judd Apatow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Carell.
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A sidekick takes center stage as Steve Carell, cherished member of The Daily Show and the only reason to see last year's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, steps into the spotlight to play The 40 Year-Old Virgin. The title sounds like the punch line to a bad joke, but Carell, who wrote the screenplay along with director Judd Apatow, the creator of the cult TV series Freaks and Geeks, proves an amiable leading man in a comedy that's equal parts sweet and raunchy. MORE»
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Carell plays Andy, a 40-year-old guy who is employed at an electronics store, where his work buddies get on his case about still being a virgin. His coworkers try to arrange ways for him to lose his virginity, but all turn out to be comically unsuitable. Eventually, Andy gets to know the sympathetic Trish (Catherine Keener), who runs a shop where she sells people's stuff on eBay, and he gradually comes to feel comfortable with her.
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