Quality Cinema: The 40 Year-Old Virgin

I respect women. I respect them so much that I completely stay away from them.

On Saturday, weary from unpacking boxes, I headed out to Southpoint to catch a showing of The 40 Year-Old Virgin.

Best decision of the weekend. I laughed until I cried.

With a title like "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" one would come to expect a myriad of raunchy sex jokes, and the movie certainly delivers. But unlike many comedies in this genre there's a surprising intelligence and wittiness to the humor (think Daily Show, rather than Anchorman).

Steve Carell is shaping up to be quite a fine comic actor.

I liked Virgin even better than The Wedding Crashers, which is high praise given that I also enjoyed that movie a great deal. Very much recommended.

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