Looking for a bit of light fun on a Friday evening, our thoughts turned to The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Great call. After enjoying Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life recently, and laughing endlessly at Knocked Up this summer, it was a blessing to not have seen this Apatow film yet. Just moved Superbad to the top of the Netflix queue… DVD is available in December.
So much of this humor is crude, in a “I can’t believe they just said that” way, but so spot on all the same. And, it’s real in a “I wish I could come up with a line that funny, even if I wouldn’t say it out loud” way.
Maybe it won’t stand out over time, but it’s a cultural fit right now. And there are some time-tested themes, so Metacritic’s 73 feels a few points low.