As
I left this movie, I was trying to figure if there were any possibilities
for a sequel. This movie deserves a sequel.
Steve Carell, most famous for his gig as a correspondent on The
Daily Show, becomes a star as the title character in The 40
Year-Old Virgin. Carell is Andy Stitzer, a grown ass man
who spends his free time 
collecting
toys, playing video games, online poker and watching reality TV
with his geriatric neighbors. Andy works as a salesman at an electronics
store. His co-workers, played by Paul Rudd, Romany Falco and Seth
Rogan, are quintessential boorish guys who think Andy is a boring
asswipe. However, they still invite him to play poker one night,
and as the locker-room talk at the table gets too filthy, explicit
and detailed for Andy to keep up, the ugly truth is revealed.
Andy's new friends immediately vow to get him a healthy serving
of womanhood. Andy reluctantly agrees.
This movie could have easily been a disaster, but Carell plays
the role of Andy with surprising humanity. Hell, I didn't know
the guy could act. Andy is a very sweet and sympathetic guy. I
couldn't wait for him to get laid, but I wanted him to have sex
with the right woman. And that's my only complaint about this
movie.
*SPOILER ALERT*
So, there was this freaky ass young blonde that works in the bookstore
across from Andy's job. Urged on by Cal (Rogan), Andy approaches
her like "David Caruso in Jade" and makes her
moist. I mean, he really eye-fucked the hell of this girl, and
the chick is ready to give him the works. But, Andy wants to lose
his virginity to old ass Trish, played by the witty, beautiful,
charming and completely unfuckingsexy Catherine Keener, a grandmother
with three kids, who runs a store selling people's stuff on Ebay.
WACK! He should have fucked the blonde. A guy who's a virgin at
40 should experience some young 20 year-old ass. That would have
really been pushing the envelope.
All that aside, I still laughed my ass off watching this movie.
Rudd, Malco and Rogan are hilarious. They're the funniest group
of friends since Stifler, Finch and Oz. In a way, they kind of
steal much of Carell's thunder in this movie. Rudd's David is
depressed about ending a four-month whirlwind romance with a girl,
while Jay (Malco) and Cal are just two guys who will pretty much
bang any woman who looks twice at them. Malco is a revelation
as "The Black Friend." I'd never even heard of this
guy, but he has some of the best lines in the movie. I'm also
pleased to see Paul Rudd has found his niche as a role player
in broad comedies.
There's a sequel in here somewhere.
