40 Year Old Virgin

40 Year Old Virgin stars Steve Carrell, star of the American remake of The Office. His character is, wait for it, a 40 year old virgin. What’s funny about that? Nothing actually, but the film is more about love and romance and how relationships work, and of course the lack of one all your life leaving you a virgin at aged 40, before your co-workers begin to meddle in your private life in order for you to get laid. His co-workers of course have their own backgrounds and quirks, typical of these sorts of films but played well by everyone to bring the film together to be more than the sum of its parts.

Steve is a technician at an electronic shop and through a series of mishaps, ends up working on the shop floor. Egged on by his colleagues, he gains a new self confidence and makes an impression on Trish, a customer, played by Catherine Keener. She plays the single mother role to a tee, allowing for some great dialogue between them. In fact, the dialogue is the best feature of 40 Year Old Virgin and contains some hilarious lines especially from Steve’s boss Paula, played wonderfully by Jane Lynch, who someone should really put in more central comedy roles.

The film is a non-stop cringe-laugh-out-loud journey from start to finish and is certainly more comedy than romance but I would imagine both sexes will enjoy this film equally. If you’re looking for a great comedy, then 40 year old Virgin will push all your buttons.

I would give this film 4 virgins out of 5.