The 40 Year Old Virgin

Director:
Judd Apatow

Writers (WGA):
Judd Apatow (written by)
Steve Carell (written by)

Release Date:
19 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Comedy | Romance

Cast :
* Steve Carell as Andy Stitzer
* Catherine Keener as Trish Piedmont
* Paul Rudd as David
* Romany Malco as Jay
* Seth Rogen as Cal
* Elizabeth Banks as Beth
* Leslie Mann as Nicky
* Jane Lynch as Paula
* Gerry Bednob as Mooj
* Shelley Malil as Haziz
* Kat Dennings as Marla Piedmont
* Jonah Hill as eBay Customer
* Marika Dominczyk as Bernadette
* Mindy Kaling as Amy
* Elizabeth DeCicco as Bar Girl
* Wayne Federman as SmartTech Customer
* Mo Collins as Gina ('Gyna')
* Steve Bannos as Father at Restaurant
* Kevin Hart as SmartTech Customer
* Nancy Walls as Health Clinic Counselor
* David Koechner as Safe Sex Group Dad
* Cedric Yarbrough as Safe Sex Group Dad

Original Sound Track :
1. Life of Illusion, A - Joe Walsh
2. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Michael McDonald
3. Virgin Man - Smokey Robinson
4. Heat of the Moment - Asia
5. Just Got Lucky - Joboxers
6. I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance) - James Brown
7. I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
8. Hello - Lionel Richie
9. Sharing the Night Together - Dr. Hook
10. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls
11. Joy - Apollo 100
12. Score - Lyle Workman
13. Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) - Joey Scarbury
14. Never Surrender - Corey Hart
15. Search Is Over, The - Survivor
16. Aquarius - Cast Recording
17. First Time, The - Steve Carell

Plot :
Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) is the eponymous 40-year-old virgin. A very well-meaning, highly neurotic, somewhat stereotypical nerd, Andy lives alone, collects action figures, enjoys video games, framed a poster of eighties rock band Asia, and his social life seems to consist of watching Survivor with his elderly neighbors.

Andy works in the stockroom at an electronics store called SmartTech. His co-workers include the affable David (Paul Rudd), who is tormented by memories of his old girlfriend Amy (Mindy Kaling); the burly Cal (Seth Rogen), a novelist and stoner; and Jay (Romany Malco), a self-styled ladies' man. When a friend drops out of a poker game, they reluctantly invite the withdrawn Andy to join them. Andy turns out to be surprisingly good at poker due to his free-time of playing the game online, but when the conversations turn to past sexual exploits, they quickly realize Andy is still a virgin, and resolve to help him lose his virginity.

Andy is at first reluctant to go along with them, but after a heartfelt talk with David, he agrees to give it a try. The gang’s efforts prove to be unsuccessful. They take Andy to a bar, where Jay advises him to hit on drunk women, but this backfires when the girl Andy leaves with drives the two of them home drunk, wrecks the car, and vomits on him. Jay recommends that Andy get his chest waxed, but Andy finds it so painful that he leaves halfway through. (Steve Carell actually had his chest hair removed during the scene, and stated in an interview on Australia's Rove Live that the scene was unnecessarily painful because the waxers forgot to oil his nipples.[3]) David gives Andy his "big box of porn" to help him "loosen up" sexually, but to no avail. They later go to a speed dating lunch, with no success, and at which David encounters ex-girlfriend Amy, sending him into a downward spiral of depression. Later, Cal advises Andy to be questioning when talking to women, (which makes Andy seem mysterious) and results in Beth (Elizabeth Banks), a bookstore clerk, taking a liking to Andy. Andy starts to open up, and as true friendships begin to form with his co-workers, Andy impresses his boss, Paula (Jane Lynch), with his salesmanship and she promotes him to floor manager.

Eventually, Jay hires Andy a prostitute who turns out to be a transvestite. The reason for Jay doing this is explained previously when he says that Andy must practice on other girls. He refers to these girls as hoodrats. Andy tells them that he is taking matters into his own hands, and he lands a date with Trish Piedmont (Catherine Keener), a mother of three who works in a store across the street from SmartTech. It is later revealed that one of Trish's kids also has a kid, making Trish a "hot grandma" according to Cal. Andy and Trish's first date goes well, and they almost end up having sex, but they are stopped by the fact that Andy does not know how to use a condom and that they are interrupted by Trish’s teenage daughter Marla (Kat Dennings), outraged at the fact that her mother is allowed to have sex, yet she isn't. On their next date, Andy decides to tell Trish he is a virgin, but just before he does so, she suggests that they postpone having sex, to which Andy enthusiastically agrees; they decide they won’t have sex until their twentieth date. Meanwhile, David's brush with Amy prompts him to become unstable and eventually resort to celibacy, citing Andy as an inspiration, while Jay’s girlfriend breaks up with him when she finds out he’s been cheating on her, leading him to an argument with an obnoxious customer. Andy comforts Jay after he reveals his breakup with Jill and advises to Andy that sex can ruin a relationship.

Afterward, Jay's ex-girlfriend realizes she is pregnant and takes him back, and Cal hires an attractive young woman named Bernadette to work in the stockroom in order to lure David out of celibacy.

Andy and Trish’s relationship is a strong one, with Trish even convincing Andy to sell his precious collectible action figures in order to raise enough money to open his own store. Things are going well until Andy and Trish finally reach the twentieth date, at which point Andy panics and they have a big argument which ends with him storming out. He turns up at a nightclub where Jay is celebrating his girlfriend’s pregnancy, and Andy proceeds to get very drunk. Andy runs into Beth at the bar, and they leave for her apartment. Meanwhile, David finally relinquishes his celibacy and hooks up with Bernadette, and Trish’s daughter Marla (who found out that Andy is a virgin) convinces her to go and make up with Andy.

At Beth’s apartment, Andy sobers up and starts to have second thoughts. His three friends arrive at the apartment to talk him out of it, so he leaves with them to make up with Trish (although Cal stays behind to hook up with Beth). When Andy gets home, he finds Trish waiting for him; she has found the big box of porn given to him by David and a plastic vagina (obtained from a family planning clinic), and now considers Andy to be some sort of sexual deviant, and leaves in disgust. Andy chases her car on his bike (to the music of “Heat of the Moment” by Asia), and gets involved in an accident which results in him being thrown through a two sided billboard truck and landing on the road in front of traffic. She rushes to his side in concern, and he finally confesses to her that he is a virgin. She realizes this is why he has been acting so strangely, and they kiss.

They end up getting married with everyone in attendance, with a sidelong mention of Andy's action figures having sold for approximately half a million dollars, and finally consummate their relationship on their wedding night. Andy finally loses his virginity with Trish in their hotel room. The film ends with an over-the-top musical scene in which the cast of the film sing and dance to the song “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.”

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