The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Comedy, Romance

Steve Carell	Andy Stitzer
Catherine Keener	Trish
Paul Rudd	David
Romany Malco	Jay
Seth Rogen	Cal
Leslie Mann	Nicky
Elizabeth Banks	Beth
Jane Lynch	Paula
Gerry Bednob	Mooj
Shelley Malil	Haziz
Kat Dennings	Marla
Jordy Masterson	Mark
Chelsea Smith	Julia
Jonah Hill	eBay Customer
Erica Vittina Phillips	Jill
Marika Dominczyk	Bernadette
Mindy Kaling	Amy
Mo Collins	Gina
Gillian Vigman	Woman at Speed Dating
Kimberly Page	Woman at Speed Dating

Director	Judd Apatow
Producer	Judd Apatow; Steve Carell; Shauna Robertson
Writer	Judd Apatow; Steve Carell

Cult comic actor Steve Carell--long adored for his supporting work on The Daily Show and in movies like Bruce Almighty and Anchorman--leaps into leading man status with The 40 Year-Old Virgin. There's no point describing the plot; it's about how a 40 year-old virgin named Andy (Carell) finally finds true love and gets laid. Along the way, there are very funny scenes involving being coached by his friends, speed dating, being propositioned by his female manager, and getting his chest waxed. Carell finds both humor and humanity in Andy, and the supporting cast includes some standout comic work from Paul Rudd (Clueless, The Shape of Things) and Jane Lynch (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind), as well as an unusually straight performance from Catherine Keener (Lovely & Amazing, Being John Malkovich). And yet... something about the movie misses the mark. It skirts around the topic of male sexual anxiety, mining it for easy jokes, but never really digs into anything that would make the men in the audience actually squirm--and it's a lot less funny as a result. Nonetheless, there are many great bits, and Carell deserves the chance to shine. --Bret Fetzer