It has a way of wearing out what's supposed to be knockabout farce.
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03/05/02
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
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticSqueamishly risqué teen sexcom.
03/05/02
For all its outrageous humor, 40 Days and 40 Nights actually has something to say about the value of emotional intimacy over physical intimacy.
03/04/02
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03/04/02
Josh Hartnett is good and I love Shannyn Sossamon I think she could become a big star, but this comedy is so wrong on so many levels.
03/04/02
Top CriticIt won't take 40 days and 40 nights to forget this turkey.
03/04/02
Creates a rapport with its young viewers by first affronting them with its crude treatment of sex and then entertaining them with a silly plot.
03/04/02
plays like a teen sex comedy filtered through the relative sophistication of urban twentysomething hi-tech workers
03/03/02
The penis jokes become increasingly tedious.
03/03/02
Events proceed on a thoroughly predictable course in Robert Perez's formulaic screenplay.
03/03/02
Two previously boring actors [Hartnett and Sossamon] ... bring their characters to sparkly life.
03/03/02
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03/02/02
Immature, predictable, and annoying.
03/01/02
An entertaining sex farce.
03/01/02
What I learned from this movie: Absitenence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing.
03/01/02
It comes dangerously close to being America's first sex comedy without comedy.
03/01/02
Director Michael Lehmann cannot decide whether he is making a lewd and manic farce or a lovey-dovey romance.
03/01/02
A smart sex comedy that revels more in the gray matter than the groin.
03/01/02
It's not Shakespeare's Twelfth Night or anything, but it's pretty darned good!
03/01/02
Top CriticThe movie is both exhilarating and depressing. The trouble is, I can't figure out which is more important.
03/01/02
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