43 out of 49 people found the following review helpful:

Unexpectedly hilarious

chrisf17 from Cheshire, 23rd September, 2005

What a fantastic surprise. I went to see it because there was nothing else on and was looking forward more to the popcorn than anything else.

You really think it is going to be pathetic but the main character is played so well that you start to like him and then slowly empathise with him. You begin by laughing at him but pretty soon your laughing with him.

The rest of the cast is also great and very funny.

It reaches a hilarious cresendo and the the closing credits hit you at which point you have diet coke streaming down your nose.

Go see it, rent it or buy it.

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33 out of 45 people found the following review helpful:

If you want to hurt laughing

A Customer from Stirlingshire, Scotland, 20th September, 2005

This film made me laugh out loud on several occasions, I was prepared to be let down by this one but was very surprised. Not many films classed as a comedy seem to be consistently funny throughout and many only manage a few laughs here and there. This one I would watch again, so if you want a good belly laugh catch this one.

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24 out of 28 people found the following review helpful:

Surprisingly Touching

Gromit from , 16th May, 2006

This film is excellent. It takes a little bit of inspiration from your standard american buddy movies (road trip, old school etc) and rolls it together with a huge dollop of english humour, often reminding me of a funnier and lighter version 'High Fidelity'. The script is surprisingly intelligent and the main character is a great deal more endearing than your usual standard american comedy. I found the story touching and extremely funny. Steve Carell is simply superb in the lead role, but the majority unknown supporting cast are also excellent. Ignore the reviewer that was complaining about Will Farrell - the guy isn't even in this movie!! - and also the atmosphere is nothing like a normal Farrell movie. This is warm, intelligent, funny, endearing and a great way to spend 2 hours.

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22 out of 27 people found the following review helpful:

Very funny!

ATfilmcritic from London, 6th September, 2005

Steve Carell, who has in the past few years stolen the show from people like Will Ferrell and Jim Carrey, is the life and soul of this surprisingly touching romantic comedy, which, put simply, is one of the funniest and most original rom-coms in absolutely ages.

Not only are its characters convincingly drawn, but it never veers into the kind of surreal idiocy that almost killed films like 'Anchorman'. No Star-Trek spewing dogs here. Of course, there’s no denying it’s crude- with a title as blunt as ‘the 40 year Old Virgin’ you can’t exactly expect subtlety- and it goes overboard in one or two places. But otherwise, the gross-out humour seems to have a point within the storyline; not just the ‘put in anything involving genitalia and bodily fluids’ logic that pervades randy teen comedies like 'American Pie'

But in the end, aside from the inspired one-liners, colourful supporting characters (like Mooj, the profane Middle-Eastern shop assistant) and amusing set-pieces (Carell having his chest waxed), it’s the two central performances from Keener and Carell which give the film such unexpected emotional credibility.

And when you’re saying a film called the '40 Year Old Virgin' has emotional credibility, that’s high praise indeed, welcome to the unexpected joy of the year.

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Crude and no story

A Customer from Midlands, 18th March, 2010

This rubbish attempts to cover up the lack of any plot with a continuous stream of obscenity. It is not worth a twenty word review.

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Harmless Fun

A Customer from Isle of Mull, 15th February, 2010

40 year-old virgin has some cracking lines, and for a lightweight, easy comedy it hits the spot. A bit too long - tighter editing could have brought it down by 20 minutes, but still worth watching.

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virgin

A Customer from chilham, 13th January, 2010

simply hilarious. this film was sensitive and well-observed, but so funny too.

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40 year old virgin

A Customer from Andover, 6th January, 2010

very funny,gave everyone a laugh on a cold night.

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