I'm shocked that this movie is still getting good reviews. This movie talks about women as if they're only around to get fucked, you know how I know you're gay jokes, and the only black character is by far the most derogatory towards women. I had expected that when I saw current reviews for this movie they would reflect how far we've come on these issues. However the reverse happened. Sure we can think we're making headway but in reality everything is just the same. Women aren't people they're just vagina's to the majority of men, being gay is something to laugh at and a great way to make fun of people, and supporting negative black stereo types. I know what you'll say you can laugh at these things without thinking them. I don't really think that's true. If you were against all these things there's no way you could find them funny and if somehow you still did them you'd be supporting something that you don't believe in. How does that work?

Fans of gross out movies will find plenty of laughs here, but ultimately this film does have a lot of heart and substance. One of the big jokes is that although 40yo virgin Andy (Steve Carell) is supposedly the socially inept one, all his friends who are advising him have disastrous love lives and don't know what they're talking about. The movie does poke a lot of fun at Andy as a nerd and a prude but it does have empathy that he's been traumatised by too many bad experiences and has given up on love. But one piece of good advice he does get is to take a few risks. Enter Trish, the saleswoman who works near Steve. She's played with great energy and wit by Catherine Keener. She is perfect for this role. Trish is a single mother of three girls does her best and makes mistakes, but does put herself out in the world and helps Andy get over his many problems. The supporting cast includes the hilarious Jane Lynch as Andy's blunt boss at the electrical store who can generate laughs just with a facial expression. As Andy's friends, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd's characters are all sleazy towards women at times, which jarred with me. Maybe the filmmakers were just portraying how clueless and inappropriate they are. As hopeless dates for Andy (one a drunk driver and the other a ditsy sex maniac), Lesley Mann and Elizabeth Banks contribute memorable cameos. The movie sometimes descends to smut - do we really need all those porn and toilet scenes? - but overall it's an entertaining and well meaning film. And the final scene is a real joy!

You don't need to be a scientist to know what you will find in a movie such as "40 year old virgin". A miserable man who goes through with nothing more than his job to keep him busy. During a poker game, his friends find out that he is virgin and they all go on a quest to help him overcome this situation. He goes through training, expert tips, he waxes his chest, and in everything he does the outcome is always mostly on the funny side. A movie like this is nothing more than a quick fix if you have nothing to do, or if you are in a super good mood and you feel that anything will make you laugh. Everything away from these two states of mind will make you feel as if you are being tortured by the worst possible crew of movie makers put together. Will they make you laugh? Not really? will you smile? maybe? Does it deserve your time? probably not.

The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005): Dir: Judd Apatow / Cast: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Romany Malco: Hilarious yet stern comedy about identity. Steve Carell plays a virgin at forty. He is an electronics salesman whose friends try to advance him in his sexuality when they learn of his inexperience. Inventive screenplay plays out with a celebration of marriage. Director Judd Apatow does a superb job at creating a worldview through the eyes of the sexually depressed. Carell is hilarious as a virgin who collects action figures and rides a bicycle to work. The film is at its hilarious best when he is presented with various methods of communicating with women, which mostly leave him frustrated. Catherine Keener plays an Ebay worker who strikes up a friendship with Carell. She is a mother of three and questions his unwillingness to progress sexually. Carell's co-workers include Paul Rudd who is depressed after his last breakup, Seth Rogan, a writer and pot smoker who directs Carell to greater sexual conquests, and Romany Malco as a player whose girlfriend suspects his cheating ways. They all have different approaches and advice to Carell that all leads to frustration and somewhat personal detachment. Strong theme regards the pressure of sexuality and the embarrassment of lacking sexual knowledge or experience. It is one of the funniest and best comedies of the year. Score: 10 / 10