Another fun movie. Steve Carell plays a man (Andy) who is still hasn't had his first sexual experience at age 40 (hence the title). His friends at work try to "help" him, which results in, for starters, an excruciating (and incomplete) chest-waxing experience, and an excursion to a bar, where Andy leaves with a woman who vomits on him before they can get down to business. After that, Andy wasn't really in the mood.
Andy meets a nice woman whom he wants to get to know better (played by Catherine Keener). For her first visit to his apartment, his friends convince him she cannot see it as it is, complete with a framed Asia poster and a very complete collection of action figures. They remove anything which might be regarded as "adolescent", after which the apartment is completely empty. Andy has to tell her he is having his carpet replaced. Then he has to deal with the complexities of condom usage, and his new girlfriend's hostile teenage daughter, who walks in at just the wrong moment.
The only thing I didn't like about this movie was that the emotionally stunted theme was taken a bit far. I mentioned the adolescent apartment. Also, Andy rode a bike to work every day because he'd never learned to drive a car. However, Andy is a genuinely nice and likeable guy, and the movie is genuinely funny.
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I really want to see this one! Thanks for the review.
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