Austin Movie Show review

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2005)

The first time we see Steve Carell (who plays "Andy," the 40-year-old virgin with a vast collection of action figures) on camera, he's waking up with morning wood. Yes, it's vulgar at times (like the story about the lady having sex with the horse in Tijuana), but it's highly intelligent and perceptive vulgarity. When his co-workers learn about his virginity (the dead give-away was when he compares women's breast to "bags of sand"), they make it their mission to get him laid, and the joke never gets old! Andy's masturbation scene is priceless. He lights candles, gets into silk pajamas, and plays Lionel Ritchie's classic, "Hello." But the reason I truly love this film is because it really is a beautiful love story about a guy who had lost all hope at ever finding love, but then finally meets his soul mate. It's not a movie about loosing one's virginity  it's a story about falling in love for the first time even if it takes 40 years.