
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 mat... (Full plot summary below)
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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...
Leave your thoughts about 40 Days and 40 Nights.
| Entertainment TodayBrent SimonA slight but enjoyable-in-the-moment cataloging of one guy's battle with libido... [that] never manages -- or, sadly, seems to aspire -- to anything more than breezy diversion. |
| Film BlatherEugene Novikov40 Days and 40 Nights is raunchy, and graphic, and sometimes even funny, but its attitude makes it a difficult film to enjoy. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. PuccioThe movie reminded me of a beer commercial during a football game, with about as much depth but not nearly the wit. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieIt's risque, lewd, worthy of Balzac, 90-plus minutes of pretty hilarious smut. |
| Denver Rocky Mountain NewsRobert DenersteinGiven its drastically contrived nature, the script gets further than I expected. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttContains some smart writing, funny dialogue, a cheeky production design, attractive leading actors and only occasional lapses into tastelessness. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternCan be taken as a mildly risque frothy date movie, but there's serious subtext for those who choose to look beneath surface sheen. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesFairly gimmicky but entertaining fluffball. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinEven by the relatively relaxed standards of teen sex, or no sex, farces, 40 Days and 40 Nights is painful to watch. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonIt's funny! It's not Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" or anything, but it's pretty darned good! |