"40 Year Old" is not racist

Rating: 9/10 (23 August 2005)

There have been claims that "The 40 Year Old Virgin" was racist. I would just like to say that nothing could be farther from the truth. Yes there are racial jokes in it, but it is not a racist movie and there is no seriousness behind the joking. In fact I was rather impressed by the racial element in the movie. Compare it to a typical Adam Sandler movie where there is no one besides white people. In "Virgin" Paul Rudd's character can't stop thinking about his ex, who turns out to be of Indian origin (I'm guessing, it isn't actually discussed in the movie). I saw it with a group of Black friends and none of them had anything to say about the movie having any racist overtones at all.