The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)

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	Year of first release: 2005
	Director: Judd Apatow (Knocked up)
	Actors: Steve Carell (Crazy Stupid Love, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World), Catherine Keener (Into the Wild), Paul Rudd (Knocked Up)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 24.11.2014, SD VOD, 32" TV
Synopsis: When his working colleagues find out that Andy (Carell) has never known a woman, they give him sometimes contradictory tips.
Review: I was not really motivated to watch this movie, thinking I knew already the whole story in advance. But after watching Knocked Up, I understood that Judd Apatow could deliver a bit more than a comedy American Pie-style. Indeed the additional layer of comedy and deeper background story is also present in The 40 Year-Old Virgin, leading to a movie length of two hours (like Knocked Up), unusual for this genre of modern romantic comedy.  The movie does contain the elements I was expecting (caricatured virgin but not exaggeratedly so, insensitive friends, aborted sex attempts, true love in the end) but it is all quite well wrapped and relatively pleasant to watch (although obviously embarrassing at times), thanks to the toned-down play by Carell, perfect cast for the role. It is only slightly bothering to notice that his role lead him to similar ones in Crazy Stupid Love and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. In the end, better than I was expecting.
Rating: 6 /10