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Rating: 7/10 (9 October 2005)

Just by the title you know the story. Andy works at a tech store and when he plays a night of poker with his work mates, they find out he's a virgin. To his friends they think this is some huge disorder and set out to rectify this problem. They set him up with girls, but Andy has his eyes on Trish. After a few dates they make a deal that they wont have sex for twenty dates; this just suits Andy but just halters the ending result.
This was quite a good comedy. Steve Carell can hold your attention and shows us a wider range of acting than what we saw in Anchor Man. He has quite good chemistry with Catherine Keener, who is a grandmother here, you don't see that in many movies where the protagonist is dating a grandmother. All the back characters David, Jay and Cal add another dimension to the story, adding abit of depth.
Though what i found disappointing is it wasn't as funny as i was hoping it to be. Not being a fan of Anchor Man, i thought i would be another rehash of that, but 40YOV is a lot funnier, as you can connect with the characters here. But there are still great laughs, that waxing scene was killer to watch. I don't know how they got that in one take. The directing was really simple as well. The camera sits in one position most of the time, so we're stuck at one angle, and we don't see anything else. Sometimes the attention thats made in the background can enhance the movie, which could have raise this movie even higher.
40YOV does also have a Wedding Crashers format. It started off really awkward, then it really sent in the punches, the laughs kept coming, but then it went really sentimental; really dipping into the clichés and handing out a predictable ending. But the strength of the middle of this movie does pick up a lot of the slack of the start and end, still making this a real enjoyable movie.
A well spent two hours.