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40 Days & 40 Nights Movie Rating: 
Intelligent Comedy
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| San Francisco web entrepreneur Matt (Josh Hartnett) decides to gives up sex for Lent after being dumped by girlfriend Nicole (Vinessa Shaw). His roommate Ryan (Paulo Costanzo) sets up an office pool to take bets on the day Matt will break his vow of celibacy. It looks like Matt will beat the odds, until he begins seeing Erica (Shannyn Sossamon), and his co-workers start throwing amorous obstacles in his path. |
 Josh Hartnett and Shannyn Sossamon. Photo by John P. Johnson courtesy of Miramax. |
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For a sex romp without the sex and a romantic comedy without the romance, this
movie manages to be pretty darn funny, with intelligent dialogue, some hilarious
bits, and only occasional lapses into tastelessness. While the movie never strays
too far from the male libido, Hartnett and Sossamon make youthful smarminess seem
almost like witty Noel Coward repartee.
Gay Interest: Ryan says that people are going to think Matt is gay if he doesn't start sleeping around again soon, which is odd because San Francisco has never looked so hetero. Trying to win the betting pool, two office bimbos corner Matt in the storage room and attempt to get him all hot and bothered with a pretend lesbian make-out session. | |
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