Commercial comedy meets quirky comedy........

Rating: 8/10 (15 April 2007)

Even though in India its fully acceptable to loose the Big "V" after marriage (no one really knows what happens though), but even here especially among the "cooler" guys, as a 23 yr old virgin (can guys be virgins?), I will occasionally get the "Are you mad" looks.
At 40 even a person in India is considered weird and I was sure in the great land of America a similar situation would lead to nothing but laughs.
And sure enough this movie was absolutely hilarious....
Steve Carell did a brilliant job as the protagonist, the movie is not your normal run of the mill slapstick comedy but has the "clerks" sort of feel to it and a similar background, also unlike most modern comedies that are very situation and event based this movie has off-beat humour that involves lots of funny situations when just a bunch of guys are talking.
This makes the movie like a multi-genre comedy with a fair amount of character, situational and quirky-conversational comedy, also a small dose of satire.
The rest of the cast to is excellent with some hilarious performances all around I particularly liked Gerry Bednob as the abusive salesclerk of Indian Origin.
Technically the film was OK with nothing really standing out the background score was also nothing special.
There are however does have some stretches of boring moments and not so funny scenes especially in the second half AT 133 MINS THE UNRATED VERSION MAY NOT BE OF EPIC LEGNTH BUT IS A GOOD HALF LONGER THAN MOST COMEDY FILMS.
Most of the conversations are hilarious standalone and you will laugh every time you remember them but the sheer number of these (check the quotes to see what i mean) mean that after a while they don't have a similar impact on you.
Besides the hilarious quotes and one-liners this movie has some hilarious scenes as well especially the speed-dating one.
In all a great comedy with fair bit of all kinds of humour, that ironically gets hampered by the sheer number of hilarious conversations and some ordinary scenes towards the end. (would really be interested in seeing the theatrical version).
DVD EXTRAS WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNNY AND GOOD BUT AGAIN THE SHEER NUMBER OF SIMILAR FUNNY MATERIAL RENDER THEM INEFFECTIVE.
A must watch for all lovers of comedy, especially as sure-shot movie to watch as a change from your regular choice of comedies.
-s some ordinary scenes towards the end, sheer number of hilarious conversations/quotes/one-liners that bump up the run-time (UNRATED).
+/-s DVD extras, not a regular comedy.
+s a truly multi-genre comedy, great to watch as a change, brilliant acting all around, lots of funny material (quates, characters,and situations).
Total 8/10 (considering the fact that it met the high expectations probably be less liked by women as told to me by my sister and other girls).