After a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.After a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.After a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
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Michael C. Maronna
- Bagel Guyas Bagel Guy
- (as Michael Maronna)
Stefanie von Pfetten
- Girl in Chinatownas Girl in Chinatown
- (as Stefanie Von Pfetten)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
Storyline
Nicole broke up with Matt months ago and is now engaged to someone else. He's very good-looking and has no trouble finding other lovers, but that doesn't help because he's still obsessed with wanting her back. Then he gets the inspiration that swearing off sex for Lent (all forms of sexual activity, even kissing or masturbation) will give him the perspective he needs. So of course a few days later he meets a woman and they fall in love. Now Matt sees his vow as a personal matter, and won't even tell her about it, but his friends think otherwise, and now the complications begin... —Anonymous
- Taglines
- One man is about to do the unthinkable. No sex. Whatsoever. For... 40 Days and 40 Nights
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity and language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaA number of on-line articles have criticised this film for the fact that Nicole rapes Matt and is not brought to justice for doing so, the fact that Erica acts like the rape of Matt was a case of Matt being unfaithful, and the fact that Matt subsequently apologises to Erica for having been raped.
- GoofsAfter Matt goes into his meeting with an erection he is shown in tan khakis, when Ryan gets up and tells him his "little friend" is showing, they zoom in on Matt's erection and he has on dark blue/black pants.
- SoundtracksBig Blue Sea
Written and Performed by Bob Schneider
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Top review
Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be
First off this is far from a great movie but it's an ok night of entertainment if a) you're in the mood for a sex farce and b) there's nothing better on at the cinema. It has a lot of flaws, most notably the liberal applying of schmaltz across the whole film but it does have it's rewarding moments and interesting characters such as the Bagel guy who knows everything except how to turn up on time. A lot of the comedy is too heavy handed but there are moments which genuinely made me laugh. I particularly liked Josh Hartnett's Priest to be brother struggling to listen to Josh's tales of sexual encounters.
That said the two main characters are somewhat lacking in life and could have done with a bit more development. This is a largely French funded film and it does show in places. There are elements of French farce about it but with transposing the action to California it was always inevitable there'd be the standard Hollywood ending and it doesn't "disappoint" in that respect.
Hopefully this won't be the best film you'll see this year but it certainly could be worse.
That said the two main characters are somewhat lacking in life and could have done with a bit more development. This is a largely French funded film and it does show in places. There are elements of French farce about it but with transposing the action to California it was always inevitable there'd be the standard Hollywood ending and it doesn't "disappoint" in that respect.
Hopefully this won't be the best film you'll see this year but it certainly could be worse.
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- Benjy
- Jun 11, 2002
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- 40 днів та 40 ночей
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,950,822
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,229,529
- Mar 3, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $95,146,283
- Runtime
- 1h 36min
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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