Funny, but WAY too long!!

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2006)

The 40 Year Old Virgin is one of the funniest movies of 2005. It is not afraid to actually have some crude, sex humour. This movie also shows that Steve Carell is going to go far. The writing, acting and directing is very, very good for a comedy.
Well, the plot isn't too hard to follow (see title). It is about Andy, a 40 year old virgin. He tells some of his work mates about this, and they make it their duty to get him laid as soon as possible. Along this journey, we encounter some very funny people and situations.
From what I see, The 40 Year Old Virgin is targeted at younger audiences. I found this hilarious, my mum on the other hand, hated it. It has plenty of sex jokes/humour, tons of language and many scenes of brief nudity. There is an Indian who loves to swear, a joke about a horse and a woman and plenty of scenes that will make you squirm with embarrassment.
The one major quarrel I have with this movie is that it is WAY too long. The uncut version, running over 2 hours, is just too long for a movie like this. There are plenty of scenes that could have been trimmed to keep this at around the 100 minute mark. Aside from that, I have no other problems with this superb comedy.
3½/5