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Summary: "40 Days and 40 Nights" is an aboninable movie.
Review: "40 Days and 40 Nights" is a abominable movie. This is a movie which stars Josh Hartnett (Matt) and Shannyn Sossamon (Erica). A collective guy like Matt finds himfelf contemplating what do about his sex-life. He's a religious kind of guy with the dubious-distinction of cooling things off with his (hormones) and his love-life with the ladies. Anyway, he gets with a Catholic Preist, dissussing with him the delicate-subject of "celibacy", on doing away with sex for 40 days and 40 nights, as a part of the [Catholic Church's] "Lent Celebration." Meanwhile, throughout the movie Matt befriends a beautiful woman (Erica) at the laundermat, where romantic-sparks fly and things start to heat-up. Matt and Erica eventually shack-up together and are subsequently sleeping in the same bed (you guessed it), they were - full-on - making-out with each other. Why is it, that this movie is a pathetic-means to "going-against-the-grain" with it's repugnant and repulsive story-line, (it's so contaridictory) the false pretenses (message) that it gives it's viewers, flutters their faith with what is morally right and justified with what the movie is really supposed to be about. The movie's chock-full of debauchery, and the devious sexual-sins being commited throughout. Matt (and a lot of the guys) in this movie find pleasure in masturbating incessantly, doing it, while looking at some pornographic magazines. (The dudes - can't help - but "spank their monkey" any chance they get.) This movie set in San Francisco, California, makes for a romantic setting. But The romantisisim between Matt and Erica fades into the 2nd-half of the movie with Matt's ulterior-motives to putting-off having sex with her. Little does she know, that Matt can't have sex for 40 days/nights. There are so many bare-breasted women in this movie, that makes it feel like your watching a porn-flick. (I thought it was totally unessecary.) All I have to say, is this movie comes-up way short. I loved watching the sparks-fly bettween the two - the truth of the matter is - that this movie was funny at the start (in the 1st-half) but lost some steam in the 2nd-half. I thought Matt was really going to be true to himself, and follow through on his commitments. Sadly, there's no redeeming-value to this movie. I wouldn't reccomend seeing it.
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Summary: "Days" Is Fun
Review: "40 Days and 40 Nights" is a crude, vulgar, at times I guess it can be described as an offensive movie. In other words it's a guy's movie lol. There's something inside me saying, it's wrong for me to like this movie. This is not a "great" movie. I know I've seen much better movies. I consider myself a filmbuff and have seen several American classics and well as several foreign films. But, still, for some reason, despite myself, I like this movie. Then again I always seem to go for movies like this. I like the "American Pie" films. I liked the first "Scary Movie". So there is a side of me that enjoys vulgar humor.
"40 Days and 40 Nights" as most people know is about a guy named Matt Sullivan (Josh Hartnett) taking a vow of celibacy for the lenght the title says. He does this because as a friend tells him "(He's) packed with issues!" He can't seem to get over his girfriend. Every other person he is with he compares to his ex, Nicole (Vinesse Shaw). But, the odd thing is, his way of trying to deal with this problem is by sleeping with them. So, he decides if he can get his mind off sex all of his problems will go away and he'll forget about his ex. But, he meets a girl, Erica (Shannyn Sossamon). Who just further tempts him and makes things worst for him.
One of the reasons I like "40 Days and 40 Nights" is that it seems to have something to say about teen dating and the importance people (of any age) have placed on sex. The film shows how that seems to be the main thing on both guys and girls mind's. There was a line in the movie that Erica gives "God!Why won't he just sleep with me!" That one line is a key line to the film. Teens and other people sometimes refer to sex as merely a casual act. Something you wouldn't even give a second thought too. I could if I want go into a whole moral issues here like, you know there was a time when people actually waited to become intimate after they were married, but, I won't. This is a modern world, with a new set of standards, no matter how bad they may be. But, one of the problems with the film is, after it lightly touches these ideas it stops!
Is this a movie everyone will enjoy? No. This is purely a "teen movie" If adults saw this they would just think to themselves "Is this the way MY kids are!? That's it, they're not going out for a whole year!" But, teens will like it, and who knows, if a couple goes to see this, it may even open a door to discuss what each of them thinks about sex. And plus girls will just like staring at Hartnett, so it no lost for them either.
Bottom-line: A good funny "teen movie" that actually does have something to say. I think both guys and girls will enjoy this one.
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Summary: A surprisingly sophiscated sex comedy
Review: ... The teenage ...-comedy genre has found success in recent years, and I thought 40 Days and 40 Nights would follow the trend. But I was pleasantly surprised to discover the ... jokes were for the most part not gross out funny, but were, in fact, almost sophisticated. ... It's a simple plot: Guy gives up sex for Lent, and deals with the daily temptations, especially when he meets a new girl. Soon everyone knows about the self-denial and starts placing bets when he'll cave-in. Despite its crude topic, this film becomes a touching romantic comedy, with Josh Hartnett dishing out one of his best performances. The music is well chosen and well timed, and the pacing works great. This isn't a life-changing film, but it, in my opinion, is the best ...-comedy out there. Worth checking out even if you don't like typical ... humor, you'll be surprised.
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Summary: Hottie
Review: 40 Days and 40 Nights is an insanely funny, and cute movie. THe star of the movie besides being extremly hot, is a hilarious actor and and has acted in many great movies(this being one of them). I recommed this movie to any Josh fans, and humor movie addicts.
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Summary: Makes AMERICAN PIE look like SPARTACUS
Review: 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS is yet another addition to the teen sex comedy cannon- although its billed as "the first no-sex comedy". And hopefully the last. The difference with this movie is that it's neither sexy or funny. It's just downright embarresssing and almost unwatchable.
Following breaking up with his girlfriend Matt Sullivan (Josh Harnett) decided promiscuity was the way to ease his pain, but for some reason he chooses to go further and give up sex for 40 days and 40 nights (Why?): No touching, no kissing, no nibbling, no foreplay, no fooling around, no self gratification (NOT EVEN THAT?! Crikey, you'd go mad!). But during his period of abstinence Matt meets the girl of his dreams, which makes things harder for him (literally as well as figuratively). It's harder for the viewer to sit through this movie. I think another reason for the movie's title could be that trying to watch it the movie seems to last 40 days and 40 nights instead of 100 minutes. Just awful.
Who keeps letting movies like this get made? I can just imagine some greasy exec pitching this movie: "Now here's my idea: This kid decides to give up sex for forty days and forty nights, okay? This is also the movie's title, right? 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS. But during that time he meets the girl of his dreams, but he can't have sex with her, right? Becuz..." Then the studio boss screams, "Brilliant! You're a genius! Get me that kid from PEARL HARBOUR..."
And it's ignoramuses like these that are to blame for all the lousy pictures that come out every year. Like this. Do yourself a big favor and watch SWEETEST THING or NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE instead.
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Summary: Two Hours of Eye Candy
Review: 40 Days, and 40 Nights was two hours of complete eye candy. Josh Hartnett is such so cute, and very witty also. I thought the movie wasn't going to be anything more than a reason to stare at Josh for two hours, but I actually found it very funny. It was a cute love story. Although some parts not realistic, but overall it was a very entertaining story. I found all the characters to be funny except the two woman that are closest to him were both kind of rude and obnoxious in their own ways. I would of rather have him end up with a sweet girl than what he got, but otherwise I enjoyed the movie. I thought he did an excellent job, and it was a nice change from all the war movies that he has been starring in lately.
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Summary: It's ok...
Review: 40/40 is just another romantic comedy that borders on unbelievable. It's about a guy who makes the ultimate sacrifice to forego sex or anything related to sex for the duration of Lent (40 days). This started as a way for Matt (Josh Hartnett) to rid himself of his nightmares and sexual claustrophobia as he has "meaningless" sex with other women after he got dumped by his girlfriend. The office gets wind of this peculiar act, or non-act, and decides that it's worth betting on. In the course of not having sex, he meets a girl he falls in love with even without physically knowing her. Things just get tougher when people have money at stake and want him to fail, so there are many temptations along the way. Whether he makes it or not, you'll have to watch the film (or e-mail me) to find out. It's not a laugh-out-loud type of comedy. It's definitely fun to watch and not crude in any way, but it doesn't stand out. LEAP rating (each out of 5):
L (Language) - 4 (lots of fast talking and witty comebacks)
E (Erotica) - 3 (two brief minor upper-body nudity scenes)
A (Action) - 0 (n/a)
P (Plot) - 3 (you think he'll make it?)
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Summary: meh.....not very memorable
Review: A Film by Michael Lehmann After breaking up with his girlfriend, Matt (Josh Hartnett) decides (after talking to his brother, who is going to become a priest) that he is going to give up something for Lent: Sex. Matt will give up sex for the 40 days and 40 nights of Lent. He's not just giving up sex, he's going to give up all forms of sexual intimacy. No kissing, no groping, nothing. I don't know about anyone else, but that doesn't seem like much of a premise to me. 40 days is only a month, a week, and a couple of days. That's not very long to go without sex. Naturally, by the end of the movie Matt is about to turn into a quivering, raging lunatic....all from not having sex for 40 days. Be that as it may, I'll talk about the movie instead. There are some funny moments, and there are some sweet moments, but as a whole, the movie did not quite live up to the expectation that I had for being funny. We're not talking Oscar standard here, but this movie fell short (pun intended) of being good. Early on during his 40 days of abstinence Matt is doing laundry on a friday night. He meets Erica (Shannyn Sossamon) there and they start talking and begin a friendship. They start dating, but nothing intimate. Matt even freaks out and pulls back at an almost kiss. At the same time this is going on, at Matt's office his co-workers are having a betting pool on how long he can hold out from sex. This spreads from a simple office pool to a web page about sex and Matt's sexual hiatus. Did I mention that Erica's job is to search the internet for pornographic websites so that the sites can be blocked with software? Naturally she discovers the site, freaks out, and this causes a rift between Matt and Erica. For some reason, when they started getting closer, Matt couldn't tell Erica that he didn't want to have sex or even kiss in the first 40 days they knew each other. Right. The movie wasn't bad, it just wasn't that good. It was somewhat funny, maybe amusing is the better word. I would not recommend it to buy, maybe to rent.
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Summary: Fun and Laughter
Review: Admittedly not a previously big Josh Hartnett fan, but I went to watch this movie on a whim, and am glad I took the plunge.
It was good to see Hartnett in a comedy role and think he faired very well. There was such a neat innoncence in some of the lines he delivered, where they could have been really crass. Some of the sight gags were a little gross and some a bit disturbing, but on the whole I was pleasantly surprised, and the good stuff more than made up for it.
The cast was great.. of which I recognised Hartnett, Sossomon and of course Griffin Dunne. However, I really wished more time was spent with Hartnetts co-workers. I would have loved to have seen their characters filled out more.
I must admit I was taken with the actor, Chris Gauthier, that played Mikey (I actually stayed to the watch the end credits to take note of his name) and when the romance between the leads became a little long, really wanted to see Mikey and the co-workers back at the internet office. I would be interested in other works this actor has appeared in. More time spent with the actor who played Chris would have been good too, in fact all the internet guys.
That aside, I am looking forward to the release of the dvd, and will be buying a copy as soon as its available.
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Summary: Crude, but sweet
Review: Although it was a pretty crude movie it was also very sweet. The sacrifice and challenge that Matt (Josh Harttnet) makes for Erica is is the kind of commitment every girl dreams of. A great cast, and devloped plot more than make up for any gross moments of the movie.
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