The 40 Year Old Virgin
Just finished watching The 40-Year Old Virgin. Hmmmmm.
I liked it overall, I will say that much. It is a story of, well, a 40-year \
old virgin, obviously. Once his buddies at work find out he is "inexperienced" they take it upon themselves to educate him and "get him
some" and thus the hilarity ensues. Cute, simple and to the point. Sure it
was predictable and was a lot slower than it needed to be, but it was
likable. Until....
Ok, I will try to explain this without spoiling it (because the plot lines
are very complex and important - sarcasm) but the ending SUCKED! It all
wraps up, happy, happy, love, love. Then, it was like the director or the
actors or some drunk guy who stumbled onto the set and took charge for a day
suddenly thought, "Hey! Let's make it a musical!" It took a decent, cute
movie and crapped all over it. It wasn't even funny. It made no sense
whatsoever. It had nothing to do with anything the rest of the movie had
done or said and just ended up making me think, "What the heck was that?!
Did I change the channel or something?"
So, though I liked the movie and would recommend it to people, be warned the
ending is awful. Ok, you are now warned. I would give 40-Year Old Virgin
an overall grade of C-.
40-Year Old Virgin gets a grade breakdown as follows:
Story: B. Ok but not great...til the end.
Acting: B. Not amazing but simple and good.
Visuals: B. Can't really judge. Well, except for the waxing scene, that
was just WRONG!
Originality/Innovation: C. Nothing unique. I think Cliff from Cheers was
probably a 40-year old virgin as well.
Enjoyability grade: B to start. D- at the end.
Overall grade: C-. Decent but the ending is awful...did I mention that yet?
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