Mike Curley

If you dismiss this movie as just another juvenile 'frat-house' flick, you've totally missed the point. It's actually one of the most superbly acted, well-put-together, comedic films of the last half century. Along with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels it's one of my favourite 'go to' films if I need a lift. Of course the side cast can be vulgar and juvenile at times, but they are there to juxtapose Andy's old fashioned world view and why he's desperate and lost in today's hook-up society. In the same way that Cable Guy was the perfect vehicle for Jim Carrey, 40 year old Virgin is the perfect platform for Steve Carell to inject a sense of quirkiness, frustration and pathos into the.role. The world of Smart Tech ( Andy's workplace ) resembles a Bruegel painting, a beautiful little universe of smutty, flawed.and eccentric characters who all have their own morality and what they think they need to teach to Andy to get him over the line. Behind the crass veneer is a beautifully human film..