The 40 Year Old Virgin
Director: Judd Apatow
Year: 2005
Stars: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Catherine Keener, Romany Maclo, Seth Rogan
There were certain things I was hoping this film wouldn't be, but felt they were liable to be from the title and plot summary. Unfortunately, I was right. I had read a lot of positive reviews about this film, and thought perhaps I was being a little harsh and should give it a go - maybe it really would be funny...
It's not. The title says it all. It's about a man who is a 40 year old virgin, and is trying to lose his virginity. It is simply a poor excuse for lots of swearing and crass toilet humour. And the ending (which is pretty damn obvious) does not make up for all the awful jokes that have come before.
Juxtaposed with an episode of The Big Bang Theory, which I watched straight after the film, (which also contained plenty of toilet humour, but this time it was funny) I began to wonder why I had wasted 2 hours on this utter banality when I could have watched the same episode of The Big Bang Theory 4 times over and still be laughing at it more than I laughed during this film... I was going to give this 2 stars out of 5, but the more I think about it the more it annoys me. It gets 1.
Rating: 1 out of 5
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