40 Days and 40 Nights
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Movie Reviews of 40 Days and 40 Nights
Movie Review: this movie rocks
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie was soo good i loved it josh hartnett is soo hotMovie Review: Funny and contrived comedy for anyone with offbeat humour
Summary: 4 Stars
Yes, this film is very contrived, somewhat offensive/vulgar, and pretty formulaic in the "romantic comedy" genre...but for me, despite those flaws, what makes this film better than I expected are the great scenes of San Francisco and the unique beauty of Shannyn Sossamon. I absolutely love her in this film...her look, her performance, her character...she is definitely my ideal woman (if there are any real women out there who resemble her). I always thought it would be a cool thing to meet the love of your life in a laundromat, and this film has that scene in there. Another thing I think is cool is riding the city bus all over the city as you observe the people on the bus, the route it takes, and the fresh perspective you get seeing a part of the city you might otherwise not see. That was in there too. San Francisco was the perfect city to set this film in and is very much a star of this film in its own right.
I like the offbeat side characters, like the bicycle courier, who is typical of the ones I've met. He was funny in nearly all of his scenes, so that added a lot to making this film better than its premise. Now, about that premise...it just seems a bit overdone that Matt (Josh Hartnett) would go nearly crazy abstaining from sex for a mere 40 days. I was in basic training for 9 weeks with 70 other guys in the company and no one went crazy from the lack of sexual opportunity. Let's face it, Matt is probably a sex addict who should've checked into Betty Ford Clinic for 40 days. Alas, he didn't, so we have the comedic antics as he attempts to keep his vow despite temptation rearing its ugly head in many different ways, from women on the street to advertisements to his co-workers' pranks as the office pool moneypot grows with bets taken on when he will break his vow. I found it amusing that his female co-workers confronted Matt about taking the one power women have over men away from them by his vow of abstinence. Its funny that so many people in the film seemed to take his vow personally, as if he made it for them instead of for himself.
This film probably has the most unique love scene I've ever seen in a film, as Matt manages to keep his abstinence vow while bringing extreme sensual pleasure to Erica (Shannyn Sossamon) with the use of flower petals (I'm not kidding--it has to be seen to be believed, but even then people might want to try that trick at home to see how genuine that could actually be). Unfortunately, like all romantic comedies, there has to be an exposure of the truth that causes one of them to flee the relationship and the inevitable groveling to win back one's true love. Somehow, it didn't ring true for me in this film. Like I said, this film is poorly contrived and is only saved because of some of its humourous scenes, the great scenes of San Francisco sites, and mostly because of the presence of Shannyn Sossamon who is an actress I hope to see in more movies, of higher quality. She has a very unique look and style that I find lacking in many other actresses of our generation. She had a small role in "A Knight's Tale", so this film she has more screen time, next will be to find a better film/script for her acting talent and presence.
Movie Review: Surviving 40 Days and Night without Sex (spoilers)
Summary: 4 Stars
Surviving 40 Days and Nights without Sex
In the film 40 Days and 40 Nights, no sex is Kryptonite to Josh Hartnett's character, Matt because he cannot go through a day without thinking of sex and it ruins his social life by not being able to talk to girls without having sex on his mind. He strongly wants to follow through with his promise to himself by staying pure for the entire 40 days and nights.
This film is perfectly made for Josh Hartnett for being such a teenage heartthrob. It's a wonderful comedy full of hilarity and sexy jokes. There are all kinds of things to laugh at such as the bagel guy to the crazy roommate. Many of the characters in the movie are funny and don't make Matt have such an easy time with the whole 40 days and 40 nights. It's not something that he is capable of doing and they all have faith that he will fail.
Matt being a raging sexaholic is a very strong character who attempts to not have sex for lent. Meaning for an entire 40 days and 40 nights he has to sacrifice what he enjoys most. Each day matt tries to do something constructive that helps him no think about sex, such as model car building and doing laundry. In the work place, Matt's co-workers start a bet to see which day he will break. It later turned into an online betting all over the internet. Prior to all of this he's been on a sex binge because of his girlfriend left him to dry. It's been the only thing that he knows and helps cope with the pain he's suffering. Matt starts to go through sex withdraw and everything he sees turns into some sexy act in his mind.
He then meets a girl while doing this laundry one day. Easily there's an attraction but knowing that he cannot have contact with any female physically, he keeps to himself and doesn't say a word to her. As time goes on Matt starts to talk to her and makes a date with her. The date goes wonderful but instilled in his mind is that he can't have any sexual acts with this woman. She finds this weird and at her work place she came upon the website with the online bets. This made things very difficult for him and her. She starts to lose interest in him when he tells her the truth about what he can't do. This is the first time he's felt this way for a woman other than his ex-girlfriend. He truly falls for her and this time he didn't have to have sex. In his mind he wants to get her back so bad but he has that promise to himself that he feels is more important. Now the movie becomes the typical love story where boy meets girl, boy loses girl, then boy will get her back.
In anybody's point of view 40 Days and nights is torture to a character like Matt. Since he's such a lady's man and is extremely sex dependent. Many people know that 40 days isn't that much but to him it feels like an eternity.
Movie Review: Very hip!
Summary: 4 Stars
The title refers to an self-imposed oath taken by a young man to abstain from sex, masturbation & all things erotic for 40 days & 40 nights. He has no problem getting laid, but has felt a certain emptiness during intercourse ever since his "Ms. Wonderful" ditched him.
Normally, of course, nobody would really care if a guy took on a monumental task such as this. However, since he is such a stud (played by Josh Hartnett), people take notice. Big time. His office actually puts up a pool on-line as to when he will breach his pledge to celibacy. Suddenly, people from across the world take interest and begin to bid on dates. The cash pool goes up to several thousand dollars!
The DVD has some funny scenes, and also some T & A as well. If I may, I would subdivide the genre of the Romantic Comedy & place this one in the realm of the "raunchy" Romantic comedy. Just be advised of that before you pick it up - if you don't like dirty jokes, you're not likely to care for this flick!
Movie Review: A Pleasant Surprise
Summary: 4 Stars
Not having been too optimistic about this movie, it turned out to be quite the surprise. It was clever, funny, and well acted. The movie moved well. Josh Harnett plays a college-aged man who recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend and goes on a spree of fornication. He decides to give up his promiscuous behavior for lent. Against him are his peers and co-workers; they are doing anything they can in order to make him break his vow. Women in his workplace throw themselves at him in an attept to retain the power women hold over men. In the meantime, he falls in love with a girl and has a problem upholding his vow. . .
There were some rather tedious parts of the movie. . . Harnett's character screwed up a few too many times with his new girl, to the point of monotony. But, other than that, this was a really funny movie and well worth owning.
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