Funny and Sweet! This is the making of Carell.

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2005)

The ,marvellous year of movies continues and yet another superb comedy film is added to the pantheon of great films for 2005. Judd Apatow writes and directors this story of a 40 year old virgin who is taken under the wing of a group of male co-workers in order to get him laid.
The simple premise works well and of course it has your usual romantic comedy patterns, with Andy falling in love with Trish, a 40 something grandmother, looking for love. Andy is a nice guy who has not had much luck with women, but as the film progresses he discovers that maybe sex just isn't as important as people make out.
This is a nice sex comedy and Andy is very amiable played superbly by Steve Carell who will surely hit it big after this movie. Then there is great support by the sexy and likable Catherine Keener. Paul Rudd also adds humorous support as one of Andy's friends.
As you'd expect there are plenty of low brow gags as well as some great one-liners and overall this is a charming and funny film, while Carell will certainly be one to watch for next year, and may star in his own sequel to Jim Carrey's Bruce Almighty which Carell was a co-star. ****