One of those happy endings...

Rating: 4/10 (4 June 2006)

I'm not about to go ga-ga over this film, even though I appreciated the ending. It's not a film that I would recommend to anyone, even those who find the stupidest of comedies amusing, because it's not even one of those.
I found the film to be slow, and really unfunny at times. Although, the moments that were entertaining, had you in a midst of non-stop laughter. But, there was no force behind it. Steve Carrell, although portraying his part really well, and quite realistic (but, let's face it. How hard could it actually be to play a virgin?), he didn't have enough physical or written comedy in the script. The film is about a forty-year old man, who lives alone, collecting action figurines and works at an electronic store. He has never had sex, and after a lot of persuading by his male co-workers, he has decided to give casual sex a try. The next 90 minutes of the film, are dumb, and full of crazy little adventures that the poor man has to go through in order to "get some". I will admit, that there comes a point in the film, where you just want the guy to get it over with already and just have sex. But, you know that it's not that easy, and you wouldn't have rented a film like this, if it were. I found Paul Rudd, exceptionally funny in this film, since I've really only seen him in a couple of previous films, including "Clueless".
The zany ideas that go on in the film, are a bit ridiculous at times, and you find yourself waiting for the punch line, or in this case the end, to see what we've waited for the entire 116 minutes to find out.
The end is of course, sweet and cute, and in my opinion was written for all the sentimental girlie girls out there, like me, who like sweet and cute endings like these. Cathrine Keener is also very good, and very funny as she usually is. I love Catherine Keener, but what I like the most about her in this movie, is that she's not gorgeous, but quite real, and maybe not an average woman, but certainly not a playboy centerfold, which is what most leading ladies in these sort of films tend to personify. The acting was good, the directing was fine, but the script could have been a little bit juicier and more full of jokes. It lacked something, and although I would have no objection to watching it someday again, it's not a film that I will add to my collection.
The funniest line in the film, if I may quote, is when all the men are talking about the women that they've "done", and when it comes to Andy (Carrell), he's describing a woman's breast, and it's one of the funniest moments in the film. "I love breasts. Yeah. They're like, bags of sand."