A comedy for retards

Rating: 4/10 (20 August 2005)

The 40 Year Old Virgin stars Steve Carrell in pretty much a rehashing of Brick from anchorman. the first 30 minutes or so of the movie were about the least funny minutes in any comedy i've seen in theaters (i say *in theaters* because for some reason i watched "Guess who" on DVD... and that whole movie was pretty much the least funny comedy i've ever seen). The whole movie was filled with nothing but poorly written, uncreative, and vulgar cheap laughs. i.e. the old Pakistani guy rambling on about sex acts. nothing remotely witty about it. in all i'd say the last half hour or so and the waxing scene were the only parts worth seeing. there was a small amount of funniness throughout that barely kept the movie going along at a decent pace. but in all, this certainly wasn't the best comedy of the summer. the humor in it is supposed to be shocking or whatever... but saying: sh-t, fu-k, pus-y, co-k, b-ner, etc. really isn't shocking to anyone outside of Jr high schoolers and parents. in summation... it is a movie full of cheap laughs and uncreative to the bone, but a few scenes make it worth it if you're really bored and hard up for a laugh.