Freak!, i just got back from this dizzy after seeing it with both my parents. As a 26 year old virgin, I must say I was quite entertained by this breezy charmer. T40YOV relies on many of the postmodern comedic techniques of the films nearing the new millennial such as Napolean Dynamite, Office Space, UHF, among others prove influential, while not entirely a low-budget affair.
Evidently this movie is grossing big bucks, which is somewhat surprising given the subject matter. In the age of extremes it is not surprising that the subject of virginity would be explored as an sexual extreme reversal. While at first awkward, our protagonist fleshes out into a full and lovable character. This, in part, operates on the po-mo-com-tech of the validity of the banal and everyday. Other pomcom-techs such as reflectivity are employed at our main character's job at an electronics store where 60 inch flat screen televisions play a variety of movie-land scenes.
Additional laughs are delivered by age stratified multi-cultural potty-mouths who support our lead with narratives of competing ridiculousness. Amongst other things you will see a man pissing on himself, hair ripped off a chest, and a scene involving alcohol and an automobile which will probably upset members of M.A.D.D. While I had a whole shopping cart full of chuckles for the bulk of the picture the film doesn't end very strongly. Personally I'm not sure how I would have ended it and the psychedelic music video reference is decent, but i guess i wanted another large comedic bang toward the end. Another angle which i doubt will be explored is this film within the current political atmosphere such as the administration's attitudes toward sex, who might enjoy this film for it's somewhat obvious statement that saving sex for marriage is a good thing. However, i doubt that this contingency holds the interest to sit through 2 hours of trash talk to get to this message. Chalk up another one for the pomcom!
Evidently this movie is grossing big bucks, which is somewhat surprising given the subject matter. In the age of extremes it is not surprising that the subject of virginity would be explored as an sexual extreme reversal. While at first awkward, our protagonist fleshes out into a full and lovable character. This, in part, operates on the po-mo-com-tech of the validity of the banal and everyday. Other pomcom-techs such as reflectivity are employed at our main character's job at an electronics store where 60 inch flat screen televisions play a variety of movie-land scenes.
Additional laughs are delivered by age stratified multi-cultural potty-mouths who support our lead with narratives of competing ridiculousness. Amongst other things you will see a man pissing on himself, hair ripped off a chest, and a scene involving alcohol and an automobile which will probably upset members of M.A.D.D. While I had a whole shopping cart full of chuckles for the bulk of the picture the film doesn't end very strongly. Personally I'm not sure how I would have ended it and the psychedelic music video reference is decent, but i guess i wanted another large comedic bang toward the end. Another angle which i doubt will be explored is this film within the current political atmosphere such as the administration's attitudes toward sex, who might enjoy this film for it's somewhat obvious statement that saving sex for marriage is a good thing. However, i doubt that this contingency holds the interest to sit through 2 hours of trash talk to get to this message. Chalk up another one for the pomcom!