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08/17/02
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
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Reviews Counted:133
Fresh:50
Rotten:83
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: As romantic comedies go, 40 Days and 40 Nights is smutty, sexist, and puerile.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $37,885,539
Synopsis: Matt (Josh Hartnett) is having a hard time moving on six months after his relationship with bombshell Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) ended. He finds himself involved in empty physical relationships that are... [More]
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Vinessa Shaw, Monet Mazur
Director: Michael Lehmann
Reviews for 40 Days and 40 Nights
1 - 20 (sorted by critic A-Z; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticLehmann and screenwriter Rob Perez milk this idea for everything it's worth.
05/26/06
Maybe you'll work up more sympathy than I did for this great-looking kid who encounters no difficulty whatsoever seducing any female he desires.
03/01/02
Sex is the star here, and she shines.
02/26/02
A smart sex comedy that revels more in the gray matter than the groin.
03/01/02
It's the filmic equivalent of the young men it represents -- guys who think, talk and brag about sex without ever really getting any.
03/01/02
This is as stupid as movies come.
02/26/02
...delightfully surprising freshness and soul where all the hackneyed conventions usually are.
02/27/02
Over and above the charmless subject matter, the movie is ferociously badly made and edited.
03/01/02
A lighthearted romp that delivers laughs, and a thought or two, along the way.
03/01/02
Hartnett may grow into a major film star someday with better material, but this is a one-night stand he’ll want to forget.
06/06/02
So wildly incoherent in tone, ambition and character motivation that it's hard to believe it was ever written out in longhand from start to finish.
06/05/02
Runs out of ideas long before it runs out of celluloid.
03/01/02
A one-joke sex comedy that seems to go on about 38 days and 38 nights too long.
03/01/02
... a ridiculously lame film that has absolutely nothing to say about real life or love.
03/15/02
It's dangerous stuff that shouldn't be dismissed lightly.
02/28/02
Finds a way to present a light-hearted sexual comic fairy tale, then derails itself with bad romantic comedy fallbacks.
06/08/03
It’s just a shame that someone wasted their fluids creating a number of the people responsible for this absolute mess.
02/28/02
It has a way of wearing out what's supposed to be knockabout farce.
03/05/02
Top Criticless than I had hoped for...but just about what I had expected.
03/01/02
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