The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

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Led to

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Connected to

Judd Apatow: 2 lines craft ×1 verdict ×1

  1. craft (craft): Judd Apatow → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Bill says Apatow put idiot 22-year-old men into a rom-com, a trick he also used in 40-Year-Old Virgin.
    “Judd figured out how to like put them in a rom-com and make it work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Easy A: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Easy A → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Like that film's setup, the premise turns creepy without its star; Emma Stone's gravity holds Easy A together.
    “It's like a very similar thing with the setup for the 40-year-old virgin, without Steve Carell in that movie, it becomes exceptionally creepy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:05:19 · Shea Serrano (0.85 sure it was them)

Guardians of the Galaxy: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. A famous guest's point: Marvel movies are comedies and Guardians effectively replaced mainstream studio comedies.
    “Guardians of the Galaxy is a comedy, and Guardians of the Galaxy has effectively replaced mainstream comedies”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:18:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Knocked Up: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Knocked Up → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Bill says the first half is idiots hanging out and the second half is more rom-com, less funny and more heartwarming; he notes 40-Year-Old Virgin was already covered.
    “He did it in 40-year-old version too, which we've already done”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:36 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Sean Fennessey: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The 40-Year-Old Virgin → Sean Fennessey. Comedy dates quickly; this one will not be funny to people in 15 years.
    “the 40-year-old virgin is not going to be funny at all to people in 15 years”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:20:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Knocked Up → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Bill says the first half is idiots hanging out and the second half is more rom-com, less funny and more heartwarming; he notes 40-Year-Old Virgin was already covered.
    “He did it in 40-year-old version too, which we've already done”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:36 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Judd Apatow → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Bill says Apatow put idiot 22-year-old men into a rom-com, a trick he also used in 40-Year-Old Virgin.
    “Judd figured out how to like put them in a rom-com and make it work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Easy A → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Like that film's setup, the premise turns creepy without its star; Emma Stone's gravity holds Easy A together.
    “It's like a very similar thing with the setup for the 40-year-old virgin, without Steve Carell in that movie, it becomes exceptionally creepy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:05:19 · Shea Serrano (0.85 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. A famous guest's point: Marvel movies are comedies and Guardians effectively replaced mainstream studio comedies.
    “Guardians of the Galaxy is a comedy, and Guardians of the Galaxy has effectively replaced mainstream comedies”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:18:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): The 40-Year-Old Virgin → Sean Fennessey. Comedy dates quickly; this one will not be funny to people in 15 years.
    “the 40-year-old virgin is not going to be funny at all to people in 15 years”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:20:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Judd Apatow → The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Hall of Fame plaque for Apatow: 40-Year-Old Virgin vs Freaks and Geeks vs this movie.
    “I think I would go with a 40-year-old virgin, but this is close.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:12:17 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

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