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...Daily Show.” His work as a correspondent on the show, and some fortunate typecasting, got him cast as a news reporter in both “Bruce Almighty” and “Anchorman,” The latter was produced by Judd Apatow, who co-wrote “The 40 Year-Old Virgin,” his directorial debut, with Carell...
...singles bar suddenly vomits all over The 40 Year-Old Virgin's virgin. Those who remain in their seats will probably be 18 years old, male and probably no more sexually competent than Andy, the character Steve Carell (who co-wrote the movie with director Judd Apatow) rather sweetly plays...
That isn't easy. Trish has some issues of her own, and preternatural amounts of patience are required before they finally consummate their union. Apatow, who was largely responsible for television's cult hit Freaks and Geeks and did all right with last year's Anchorman, has something of a magician's skill with misdirection. The film's core audience gets all the vulgarity it could possibly require. But adults with reflexes quick enough to shut their eyes and cover their ears when they feel the stupidity coming on may, from time to time, feel a twinge of amused compassion...
...producer Judd Apatow gave us Freaks and Geeks, an excruciatingly funny high school dramedy that died after one glorious season. In 2001 he created the more upbeat sitcom Undeclared, set at a fictional California college, and ... it died after one glorious season. Undeclared covered familiar campus-comedy ground (sex, beer, pranks) but had an intuition for the self-discovery that emerges amid finals and keg parties, and the ensemble gave the dialogue a loose, improv feel. Fleshed out with commentaries (and an unaired episode), this four-disc set is a graduate seminar in smart comedy...
Just as you think the tale has moved too far from the down-and-dirty into the happy-and-cutesy, the Carell-Apatow team triumphs with an undeniably awesome ending number...