The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

Director:

Judd Apatow

Writers (WGA):

Judd Apatow (written by) &
Steve Carell (written by)

Release Date:

19 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A Comedy about the moments that touch us in ways we've never been touched before.

Plot:

Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Collection | Virgin | Poker | Comic Book

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steve Carell	...	Andy Stitzer
Catherine Keener	...	Trish
Paul Rudd	...	David
Romany Malco	...	Jay
Seth Rogen	...	Cal
Elizabeth Banks	...	Beth
Leslie Mann	...	Nicky
Jane Lynch	...	Paula
Gerry Bednob	...	Mooj
Shelley Malil	...	Haziz
Kat Dennings	...	Marla
Jordy Masterson	...	Mark (as Jordan Masterson)
Chelsea Smith	...	Julia
Jonah Hill	...	eBay Customer
Erica Vittina Phillips	...	Jill

Also Known As:

The 40 Year-Old Virgin (USA) (poster title)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (USA) (DVD box title)
Untitled Steve Carell Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

116 min | Philippines:112 min (cut) | 133 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:16 (theatrical rating) | Finland:K-11 | Norway:15 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:R-13 | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:Btl | Czech Republic:15 | Taiwan:R-12 | Finland:K-15 (extended version) | USA:Unrated (unrated version) | Chile:14 (extended version) | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | Malta:16 | Singapore:M18 (also unrated version) | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Austria:16 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

"Smart-tech" is loosely based on the "Circuit City" chain.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Trish is driving away in her car and Andy is chasing her on his bike, he veers down a street to the left in hopes of cutting her off. When he reappears to cut her off he crashes into the "passenger" side of her car not the driver side.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Joe: Hey Andy! What's up, dude?
Andy Stitzer: Hey Joe. Hey Sara. How you doing?
Joe: When you gonna get a car?

Movie Connections:

References The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Soundtrack:

A Life of Illusion

It's about time a really funny movie came along!

I haven't laughed this hard at a movie in a long time. I got to go to an advance screening, and was thrilled because I had been dying to see it. I had tears in my eyes from laughter throughout a lot of the movie. The audience all shared my laughter, and was clapping and yelling throughout most of the movie.

Kudos to Steve Carrell(who I had already been a fan of). He proves in this movie his tremendous talent for comedy. He has a style that I haven't seen before. And Catherine Keener is excellent as always. Thank God there wasn't a cameo from Will Ferrell(love him, but saw him too much this summer).

There were parts of comedic genius in this movie. Partly thanks to Carrell, and partly thanks to the writing(also Carrell). The waxing scene and the speed dater with the "obvious problem" were absolutely hysterical.

I will definitely go see '40 Year Old Virgin' when it's released. My advice: go to see it for huge laughs and an incredibly enjoyable movie on top of it.