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(- 2002 -)

Original Title 40 Days and 40 Nights Director Michael Lehmann Genre Comedy, Romance Released 2002-03-1 MPAA Rating Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity and language. Rated 5.6

Plot Summary

Nicole broke up with Matt months ago and is now engaged to someone else. He's very good-looking and has no trouble finding other lovers, but that doesn't help because he's still obsessed with wanting her back. Then he gets the inspiration that swearing off sex for Lent (all forms of sexual activity, even kissing or masturbation) will give him the perspective he needs. So of course a few days later he meets a woman and they fall in love. Now Matt sees his vow as a personal matter, and won't even tell her about it, but his friends think otherwise, and now the complications begin...

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Josh Hartnett as Matt , Shannyn Sossamon as Erica Sutton , Paulo Costanzo as Ryan , Adam Trese as John , Emmanuelle Vaugier as Susie , Lorin Heath as Diana , Aaron Trainor as Waiter , Glenn Fitzgerald as Chris , Monet Mazur as Candy , Christine Chatelain as Andie , Keegan Connor Tracy as Mandy , Michael C. Maronna as Bagel guy (as Michael Maronna) , Vinessa Shaw as Nicole , Stefanie von Pfetten as Girl in Chinatown , Stanley Anderson as Father Maher

IMDB User Comments

Has sex ever been less funny? I doubt it. Someone who wants to have sex but is somehow thwarted; now THAT'S funny ... well, potentially funny. Someone who wants NOT to have sex but is somehow coerced into doing so; that's NOT funny. -Actually, very frequently it IS funny, but under conditions that don't hold here. The man who simply wants to read a book or work on his woodcarving but has an insatiable spouse; that can be amusing. The man who for obscure "because it's in the script, that's why" reasons gives up sex for Lent … well, whatever. If the film wants to ignore this tepid premise and tell jokes about, say, badminton, that could work. But the sex that's been renounced is something we never hear the end of. It's like listening to someone say, "No thanks, I don't want any sugar in my coffee," six hundred and fifty times. How long is this guy doing without, anyway? Forty days; a little over a month. Please. Most of us spend, give or take, the first five THOUSAND days of our lives without sex (and it's only so few if you accept the film's extended definition). How hard can it be? Not a single player in the story has a brain, and the central character is in addition one of the wettest schmendricks ever to be pushed forward as a romantic lead.

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