The Forty Year-Old Virgin
Andy is the kind of guy who gets excited about a shop full of PVC Banners . Yes, to Andy, the star of this cult classic comedy from director Judd Apatow, the mundane can become thrilling. The problem is, everyone around him just feels sorrow. And at the store where Andy works this sorrow is transformed into comedy. The only problem being that mostly it is at Andy’s expense…
Poor Andy. He has never had sex and by the half way point in this film, you really fear he never will!
But it’s not all doom and gloom in Andy’s world. Because as the film progresses, Andy’s opportunities take a sudden turn for the better. At least that’s how it appears for a while, until everything starts going horribly wrong for him again…
The laughs do outweigh the serious subject matter, but even so, at times we can’t help but laugh with Andy and root for him as he stares into the dull void that is his life…
What’s great about this film is that Andy is so believable. Often in these kind of films, the lead character is a cartoon of some real life self. It’s funny, yes, but not at all believable. Yet Andy is completely real and we do feel sorry for him in every way imaginable. When we enter the store to find Andy waxing lyrical about how the highlight of his weekend was, no joke, making egg mayonaise sandwiches, we are reminded again that actually something horrific happens to Andy every single moment of every single day. He carries a perpetual sadness around with him which is absolutely awful, and really nothing much to laugh at.
The laughs do outweigh the serious subject matter, but even so, at times we can’t help but laugh with Andy and root for him as he stares into the dull void that is his life. Next time you pass a double glazing shop or look in through a window to see a banner salesman staring blankly through his customer, spare a thought for all the sad people out there. Instead of laughing, why not consider helping your friend find a date? And you at the back, please stop laughing!
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