I can also
sit on stools, impressed?
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So Hollywood
starlet Josh Hartnett turns his attention to comedy, but do we care?
Review by Neil
Heath
Predicatable and largely unfunny, this will have you fidgeting all
the way through its painful duration.
The
Plot
Matt (Josh Hartnett), is a San Francisco website designer who gets
dumped by his trophy girlfriend Nicole (Shaw).
He's so upset, that he gives up sex for lent, much to the ridicule
of his priest brother and all of his sexed up work colleagues -
who incidently run a book on him as to when he'll succumb to his
urges.
The unlucky ones would argue that giving up sex for a month isn't
that hard, but for Matt it seems an impossible task especially because
he only has to look at a girl and they want rip his clothes off.
Added into the equation is Sossamon's Character, who he falls in
love with. But alas, he can't do anything about it, he can't even
give her a kiss - our hearts obviously bleed.
Review
40 Days and 40 nights is a tedious and predictable picture. It tries
desperatley to be funny and hip, but it comes off duller than an
over used joke - of which it uses many.
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| No I can't
possibly do that I've given it up for lent... I won't be making
anymore bad films during that period... |
The film is
clearly an attempt to make a 'Chasing Amy', but it comes off more
like a 'Kate and Leopold' but with more swearing and jokes about
a man's anatomy.
From the start when Matt makes his sacrifice, you know where it's
going, it's just a question of when it'll reach the conclusion you
worked out an hour ago.
You find yourself not caring about any of the characters, you find
no sympathy in Matt's plight - and why would you?
He rejects beautiful women left, right and centre, which can't possibly
make any man warm to him - "Just get over it" will be
the cry when you're forced to watch this.
40 Days and
40 Nights should be making fun of itself and Hartnett's character,
but it's simply in love with itself, it's loathsome and full of
it's own self-importance.
But that's the male point of view, but will the girls like it? The
answer is probably, mainly because of Josh Hartnett and the film's
formulaic romance structure.
But for the
chaps, you'll feel more like punching Josh Harnett than feeling
a slither of sympathy for him and his 40 day plight.
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