Word: carellã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Broken Flowers” was the best film of the summer. And while it was fantastic, I have to honestly say “The 40 Year-Old Virgin,” was the best time I had at the movies this summer. Steve Carell??s performance is so sincere and cute; maybe more so because I know quite a few (Harvard) guys reminiscent of his character. Anyone who’s gotten her legs waxed can’t help but appreciate his entirely unscripted chest-waxing scene. I think it?...
...every potential pitfall, Carell and Director Judd Apatow have an answer. Cliché humor like a white man speaking ghetto? Carell??s delivery assures new amusement, fo’ sho. An over-the-top portrait of the graying virgin? The movie portrays an awkward individual you might actually see walking down the street. Creating a stream of jokes about sex that are only there for shock value? Carell and Apatow have co-written a continuously raunchy comedy that pushes more buttons than “Bad Santa” and is consistently side-splitting...
...gifted comedians than from the language itself. When Trish asks Andy whether a white round tablet is a date-rape drug, his reply—“It’s a mentos. They’re the freshmaker”—is given substance by Carell??s gentle little-boy-parlance...
...Despite Carell??s top-billing, this is much more an ensemble piece. It doesn’t hurt that Rudd, Rogen—who Apatow mined from the aforementioned TV shows—and relative unknown Malco are natural comedians. Rogen portrays the sarcastic semi-tough guy with just the right attitude. Rudd plays a sensitive but jaded and spurned lover/stalker as a combination of his character in Anchorman and just about every other nice-guy role Rudd does. Malco is given the hardest task—to portray the overused stock character, “playa?...
Keener is also perfect for naturally portraying a beautiful woman who isn’t beyond the reach of Andy. The rest of the cast (including Christopher-Guest-troop member Jane Lynch as Carell??s boss) satisfies the loon quota. “Virgin” rarely fails—an alcoholic driving scene is the only real miss—and it catches itself when it does...