This movie is absolutely hilarious. There are parts of it that are simply laugh-out-loud funny. It's not appropriate for anyone over sixteen and even then it's iffy. (I saw the cut version at fifteen). The virgin stays a virgin until he gets married but everyone else is a very sexually rambunctious person. It's a really good movie overall for some good shallow humor.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
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Common Sense says
A one-joke sex comedy that is not for kids.
Themes in this movie include: dating/crushes, honesty, peer pressure
updated 11.23.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 16–18
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of The 40-Year-Old Virgin was written by Cynthia Fuchs
Parents need to know that this movie is focused on a man's effort to lose his virginity. To that end, it leans heavily on verbal jokes and sight gags related to sex: crude slang for sexual activity, genitals, erections, bodily fluids, breasts, and dildos. By way of example: the first joke has to do with a woman having sex with a horse, though the language is much coarser and repetitive. The virgin and his three male coworkers/friends spend most of their time talking about sex, showing off or complaining about their conquests. They make homophobic remarks, go to bars and parties, ogle women (at one point, they see two girls kiss), play violent video games and watch violent (Dawn of the Dead [1978]) and pornographic movies. Women wear revealing outfits (one shows a nipple during a speed-date conversation), drink, drive badly, and throw up. Characters drink repeatedly, smoke pot, and curse frequently; one smokes cigarettes when he's depressed and another spends long minutes trying to put on a condom. Soundtrack features songs about sex and sexual desire (for instance, Missy Elliot's "Get Ur Freak On").
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- Families can talk about virginity as a "choice."
- How does the movie make the case that, despite his friends' ribbing and his own embarrassment, the virgin represents a kind of romantic ideal, an earnest, awkward, sensitive man in search of a life partner?
- Why is it significant that all the different men at the store -- Jewish, black, Pakistani, Caucasian -- behave equally badly around women? How does the movie represent women as peripheral or comic objects in relation to the self-centered but also sympathetic male characters?
- How does Andy's dilemma serve as a metaphor for other, more often acknowledged forms of insecurity?
- How does Andy learn to appreciate his difference, even as he tries so hard to "fit in"?
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What’s the Story?
Embarrassed that he's still a virgin at 40, nerdy Andy (Steve Carell) only confesses to his electronics store co-workers -- David (Paul Rudd), Jay (Weeds' Romany Malco), and Cal (Seth Rogen) -- when they guess the (obvious) truth during a late-night card game. As all share boastful stories about their sexual experiences, he lets slip his unfamiliarity with female body parts and they make it their mission to help him "get laid." They're soon joined by other Smart Tech employees, including Mooj (Gerry Bednob) and Haziz (Shelley Malil), vehicles for ethnic stereotype jokes.
Is It Any Good?
A one-joke movie, THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN follows the tedious pattern of other recent boy-man movies: crude comedy leads to quaint romantic resolution. (This resolution has the cast performing numbers from Hair, layering sardonic and psychedelic onto quaint.)
For all its raunchiness, however, the movie (like Wedding Crashers, like Adam Sandler's work) ultimately and predictably endorses very traditional values, even suggesting that boy-men embody such values in themselves (and really, bungling men just need to be nurtured by accommodating, self-sacrificing women). Andy's really a nice guy waiting to be found out. And poor Trish (and Marla) only have to figure out how to service him.
Movie Details
Studio: Universal Pictures, Director: Judd Apatow
Run time: 116 minutes
Theatrical release: 8/19/2005, DVD release: 12/13/2005
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use.
Run time: 116 minutes
Theatrical release: 8/19/2005, DVD release: 12/13/2005
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive sexual content, language and some drug use.
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I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
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Good Movie With Conflicting Messages
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
It depends if you/your chold is mature enough to handle it or not
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I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
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I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
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I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Vulgar comedy delievers huge laughs and a fantastic message
This film contains relentless sexual humor, 97 uses of f--k and hundreds of uses of other curses such as damn, hell, bitch, c--k, p---y, and discussions including references to disturbing sex acts that most people won't know what they even are. All of that aside, this is a fantastic movie for older teens and adults because of the overall message being that relationships should NOT be built off of sex.
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I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Vulgar comedy delievers huge laughs and a fantastic message
This film contains relentless sexual humor, 97 uses of f--k and hundreds of uses of other curses such as damn, hell, bitch, c--k, p---y, and discussions including references to disturbing sex acts that most people won't know what they even are. All of that aside, this is a fantastic movie for older teens and adults because of the overall message being that relationships should NOT be built off of sex.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
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I saw it when I was 10 and my mom recommended it for me then
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
I saw it when I was 10 and my mom recommended it for me then
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I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Do not take anyone under 18 to see this movie.
This movie is totally inappropriate for anybody under age 18 in my opinion. The entire movie centers around a man over 40 who has never had sex. Therefore his buddies try to get him 'laid' every chance they get. So...there's a lot of talk about sex. There are some hilarious scenes, but nothing a child or teen should watch.
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I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
We stopped the DVD
We figured it would be crude and sophomoric, but rented it because it was listed as one of 25 best comedies. After 15 min., we stopped the DVD. I felt like I needed to go shower to get the stink off me. . . P.S. I had to put 17 as the youngest age, but if I could have put NONE, I would have.
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
Hilarious Film is EXTREMELY INNAPROPRIATE!
This movie makes Wedding Crashers look G-rated. But the only reason why it works is that Steve Carell's charcter has a sweetness to him. He is observing the sexual content, not being in the sexual content. There is a difference. It is constantly funny and is one of the best films of the year. But this movie is great if your kid is mature enough to see it. I am 14 years old and I thought it was great.
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Shocked
I was really shocked by the crudeness of the movie - the porno movie showing in the store, the sex toys, etc. This movie seemed geared to the 30 something boys and not to everyone over 17. Why does it seem that ratings system is allowing a lot more in its movies? This one was definitely borderline.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
GREEEAT
LOVED IT
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
How can you not like this movie?
The 40 Year Old Virgin redefines the comedy category. It is one of my favorite comedies of all time, and, I consider myself a movie buff. The sex and language are very crude, but that doesn't take away the fact that the overall outcome of the movie is beautiful and teaches great morals. I'm not saying show this movie to anyone under 14, I'm saying before you guys out there say absolutely no to a 15 yr old, watch it, and think of the overall message it's sending. Greatest comedy of the last 5 years.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
It was somewhat childish, but I still loved it!
It was a raunchy, but intelligent comedy about a man coming of age... in a comedic fashion. Steve Carrell is an awesome actor. I wonder why it took so long for him to get discovered.
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
i laughed so hard!!!
wow this movie was great. ya im the younges reviewer on this movie and i wuz actualy 12 when i whatched it but i think that alot of kids 12 and 13 are pretty mature for there age and can take on a movie lyk this and laugh at the adult humor. but it just depends ive met kids my age who u would hav thought were 6 or sumthing becuz they were so immature. it just depends on the level of maturity. but i gotta tell u i loved this movie it was hilarious.
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
not bad
it was good. but not the best movie ever
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| 100% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
| 100% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 100% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 33% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
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