Product Description Universal 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated) (HD-DVD)
The hilarious, ourtageous and unforgettable comedy starringfunny man Steve Carell delivers more laughs in anall-new pecial edition. You've waited long enoughfor this over the top HD DVD featuring hours of never before seen bonus features including all new hilarious deleted scenes so outrageous you'll laugh 'til you cry. Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) has gone 40 years without "doing it." Now his pals are making it their mission to help him score...fast! Can he survive their hilariously bad advice? Will he land in the arms of the way-too-experienced or the way-too-drunk? Or can he find true love where he least expects - from a gorgeous grandmother (Catherine Keener)? When it comes to sex, there's onlyone sure thing - "The 40-Year-Old Virgin". The outrageous comedy hit is now the DVD that makes the pleasure last forever!
Amazon.com Cult comic actor Steve Carell--long adored for his supporting work on The Daily Show and in movies like Bruce Almighty and Anchorman--leaps into leading man status with The 40 Year-Old Virgin. There's no point describing the plot; it's about how a 40 year-old virgin named Andy (Carell) finally finds true love and gets laid. Along the way, there are very funny scenes involving being coached by his friends, speed dating, being propositioned by his female manager, and getting his chest waxed. Carell finds both humor and humanity in Andy, and the supporting cast includes some standout comic work from Paul Rudd (Clueless, The Shape of Things) and Jane Lynch (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind), as well as an unusually straight performance from Catherine Keener (Lovely & Amazing, Being John Malkovich). And yet... something about the movie misses the mark. It skirts around the topic of male sexual anxiety, mining it for easy jokes, but never really digs into anything that would make the men in the audience actually squirm--and it's a lot less funny as a result. Nonetheless, there are many great bits, and Carell deserves the chance to shine. --Bret Fetzer
Vindicated and Bittersweet
I'll be the first to say that this film was honest and funny. Yet for me this spoke of a common obsession today: finding a soul mate or the one true love. Under all of the jokes and utter vulgar references to a vagina it is a love story. It is basically a movie about a man who just happens to be a virgin due to some hellish attempts and it comes to be know to his co-workers then he starts a journey to find a relationship. And he is given advice from questionable characters that become is friends. At the end of the day his so called "experts" or friends are the ones who have no idea what love really is and are taught by the virgin. This movie shines in so many aspects that it is a masterpiece. It is a smart and honest movie that is extremely hilarious. Steve Carell is amazing and the whole cast was amazing in all fronts. So if you like Judd Apatow this is a good movie for you.
An Affirmation for Every Lonely Guy Who Never "Got There"
This movie is an excellent commentary about contemporary beliefs about sex and relationships, and aging nerdy guys who never had girlfriends, who are too depressed to bother to change things, who tacitly accept that they will never meet that special someone.
Andy (Steve Carell) is a stock supervisor at an electronics store, and his best friends are three salesmen at the store, who frequently regale each other with tales of adventures with the opposite sex. At a poker game, Andy is challenged to tell a story of his own. Awkwardly he reveals that he has no sex stories, because he is a virgin-- at 40. Shocked and yet empathetic, his buddies all try to get him to get friendlier with women with the intent of becoming physically intimate-- his buddies are all horndogs (including recent comic star Seth Rogen), and a series of comic misadventures takes place, involving everything from drunken clubgoers to a speed-dating service to transvestites to... well, it may not be polite to print.
Along the way, Andy meets a friendly single mother, and after much self-protest, Andy brings himself to talk to her and go on a series of dates-- she really likes Andy-- but his own fear of sex leads him to arbitrarily induce a 20-date minimum before they go any further than kissing-- which leads to some unforeseen complications.
Despite the casual profanity and the juvenilia that permeates the entire film, there is an endearing message about "waiting" and the myriad frustrations of 'nice guys' that manages to come across. The very end of the moving is shocking and surreal, but in a good way.
Bonus features include various scenes not already re-cut into the extended edition as well as other outtakes, and cast/filmmaker commentary.
Virgin, not stupid
OK, I love Steve Carell, he's a great actor, he's been compared to Jim Carrey or Will Ferrell but he's completely diff'rent. He can actually pull out a great dramatic performance, even as a comedy actor (like in this once). Also you have the gorgeous Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen as annoying as**oles. HAHAHAHAHAHA
Also check out Carell on Dan in Real Life, a good romantic comedy with the great Juliette Binoche.
Best Comedy I've Seen In Years
Exceptionally well-written humor and genius in delivery! I doubt Steve Carell will ever top his performance.
Funniest movie ever!
This movie is possibly the funniest movie ever. It also has a great message within it. Best one liners in a long time.