Movie Review: The 40 Year Old Virgin

There isn't much that needs to be said about The 40 Year Old Virgin except it's very funny and you should go see it.

Steve Carell plays Andy, who watches Survior with his elderly neighbors and rides his bike to work at an electronics store. His coworkers think he's a little odd, one suspects he might be a serial killer. But it's just that he never managed to get lucky, he respects women so much he avoids them. His new friends find out about this and vow to help him get some. What follows is a constant stream of laugh out loud bits. It doesn't really hold back but it doesn't go as far as a Farrelly Brothers film. The waxing scene you've already seen on TV will make you cringe. A urine joke will have half the audience ask "can that really happen?". But what sets this film apart is that it's not just a stupid comedy. The relationship that builds between Andy and Trish (Catherine Keener) is worthy of any good chick flick. The film manages to get you rooting for all the characters to connect with someone. It's probably the best comedy of the year.