2005 · comedy · romance
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Directed by Judd Apatow1h 56m2005
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
Our read: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- intimate
- funny
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