The 40-Year-Old Virgin Critic Reviews
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Buoyantly clever and amusing.Read the full review
Takes a premise that, in less competent, less empathetic hands, would have had the depth of a pancake, gives it a soul and turns it into a surprisingly sweet and funny ode to male friendship and middle-aged love.Read the full review
Surprisingly insightful, as buddy comedies go, and it has a good heart and a lovable hero.Read the full review
Rude, raunchy, uproarious, yet with elements that are surprisingly sweet.Read the full review
Funny and realistically romantic, but almost never at the same time.Read the full review
Even a starring role in the American version of the British show "The Office," which has given Mr. Carell a higher profile, conveys neither his sheer likability nor his range as an actor, both crucial to making this film work as well as it does.Read the full review
What keeps The 40-Year-Old Virgin out of Rob Schneider territory, however, is: 1) the fact that it's pretty darn funny, and in a way that feels consistently real, and 2) the fact that it's actually an excellent date movie.Read the full review
Carell accomplishes the task of being sweet-natured without becoming cloying.Read the full review
Steve Carell, best known as a team player on "The Daily Show," "The Office" and such movies as "Anchorman," earns top-banana status as Andy. He is flat-out hilarious.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
