Sunday, August 21, 2005

THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN






Comedy

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Steve Carell: Andy Stitzer, electronics store clerk
Paul Rudd: David, coworker, a little whacked out
Seth Rogen: Cal, another coworker, enjoys seeing “new things”
Romany Malco: Jay, coworker, horny black guy
Elizabeth Banks: Beth, a bookstore employee
Catherine Keener: Trish, small business owner
Jane Lynch: Paula, Andy’s boss

REVIEW
Whether you like this movie or not depends entirely upon your sensibilities. If raunchy, off-colour jokes peppered with swearwords and explicit graphic descriptions makes you feel ill at ease, then it’s best to skip this one.

For the rest of us it’s a must-see. Too often comedies are nothing more than a chuckle here or there, maybe a big grin once in a while. This one is a “laugh-out-loud” type of comedy. How refreshing.

CLASSIFICATION
for pervasive sexual content, coarse language and some drug use

FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
While Andy and David are in the coffee shop, the plasticized menu at David’s elbow moves about by itself from one scene to the next.

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