Virgo (40), male, looking for ...

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Movie
German title Virgo (40), male, looking for ...
Original title The 40 Year-Old Virgin
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Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 116 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 14
Rod
Director Judd Apatow
script Judd Apatow,
Steve Carell
production Judd Apatow,
Shauna Robertson ,
Clayton Townsend
music Lyle Workman
camera Jack N. Green
cut Brent White
occupation

Virgo (40), male, looking for ... (Original title: The 40 Year-Old Virgin ) is a comedy film from 2005 by director Judd Apatow with Steve Carell in the lead role.

action

The 40-year-old Andy Stitzer is a male " virgin ". He lives withdrawn, spends his free time playing video games, playing tuba, collecting action toy figures (some of which are still in their original packaging ) and painting miniature models . When his work colleagues learn that he is still a virgin, they look for a sexual partner for him.

A prostitute hired by his colleague Jay turns out to be a pre-operative trans woman . Further attempts to find a partner for Andy also end in disasters. Therefore, he makes an appointment to meet Trish Piedmont without the help of his colleagues. They almost have sex at the meeting, but Andy and Trish are disturbed by Trish's teenage daughter, Marla. They later agree that they won't have sex until the 20th meeting.

At this meeting there is an argument. When Trish drives to Andy to apologize and show understanding, she finds many objects in his apartment that Andy used to explore sexuality in the course of the plot. She thinks he's a serial killer and flees. While trying to stop her and confess everything, Andy has an accident and confesses to Trish that he is still a virgin.

Andy and Trish finally get married and have their first sex. In the final scene the actors dance to the song Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In from the musical Hair .

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film proves that movie comedies "can still be funny." He is a worthy successor to the comedies Crazy About Mary and American Pie - Like a Hot Apple Pie .

The lexicon of the international film wrote: "The mindless comedy leaves no stone unturned in order to serve the pubertal topic No. 1 to an adult audience, whereby the meaningless images and the bloodless characters at best suggest the lack of ideas of its makers."

Awards

Steve Carell won the MTV Movie Award in 2006 . The film as best film , Steve Carell in another category, Romany Malco and the team consisting of Steve Carell, Paul Rudd , Seth Rogen and Romany Malco were nominated for the same award. Judd Apatow and Steve Carell were nominated for the 2006 Writers Guild of America Award .

Catherine Keener won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award in 2005 . The film won in 2006 as best comedy the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award . Lyle Workman won the 2006 Film and Television Music Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . Judd Apatow was nominated for the 2006 Online Film Critics Society Award .

background

  • The film was shot in Los Angeles and Pasadena ( California turned). It grossed approximately $ 109.2 million in US theaters at an estimated production cost of $ 26 million.
  • The American Humane Association refused the film the explanation usually given in the credits that no animals were harmed during the production of the film ("No animals were harmed ..."). The filmmakers had not properly informed the organization about the use of animals; In addition, several exotic fish were killed by carelessness.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Virgo (40), male, looking for… . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2005 (PDF; test number: 103 372 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Virgo (40), male, looking for… . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
  4. ↑ Virgo (40), male, looking for ... In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ Filming locations for The 40 Year Old Virgin, accessed July 5, 2007
  6. ^ Box office / business for The 40 Year Old Virgin, accessed July 5, 2007
  7. ↑ The 40-Year-Old Virgin. American Humane Association, accessed November 4, 2015 .