The 40-Year-Old Virgin

"A charmingly bent comedy about a likable geek's progress from action figures to real action."

"Despite a very lowbrow premise, the profanity-packed script is hilarious, and it also has a good heart."

"The film's innate sweetness carries it through the rough patches..."

"Crude, sophomorically homophobic but frequently funny."

"At its best it resembles one of those classic early-'80s comedies starring Steve Martin... boasting an acute mix of desperation, dignity, lunacy and indecorous wit."

"Steve Carell plays the title character in a charmingly bent comedy about a likable geek's progress from action figures to real action."

"Little more than an excuse for letting a bouncy team of sketch comics have their heads. Unlike most films pasted together in this way, it displays a certain cohesion."

"Surprisingly insightful, as buddy comedies go, and it has a good heart and a lovable hero."

"Overlong and slightly muddled, this is nevertheless an enjoyable showcase for the superb Steve Carell."

"A ribald, risqué yet surprisingly warm-hearted vehicle for Steve Carell."