A funnier, closer to geriatric, American Pie

Rating: 9/10 (12 September 2005)

It's a tragedy how many comedies just aren't funny anymore...however, The 40 Year Old Virgin was a shining star in the black hole of comedy space. Crude, offensive, poor-taste sex humor generally make for a good film, but in this movie the jokes were so driven and so unapologetic I was a Persian kitten's whisker shy of urinating in my jeans. Funnier than any one of the American Pie movies, Steve Carrell scored big with his humble character stricken with no lady luck. When his friends from work find out he's STILL a virgin, their mission becomes getting him some lady loin. This is not just another situational comedy or reconstituted drivel we've all seen a thousand times. The 40 Year Old Virgin was probably the finniest film of the year and it wouldn't surprise me if it remained funnier than comedies for the next five...all I really want to say is, "See it!"