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40 Days and 40 Nights
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53 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon
  • Summary: After his latest relationship disaster, Matt, a guy who's never been able to finish anything, decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 33
  3. Negative: 3 out of 33
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    80
    Hartnett's pitch-perfect sexual panic can be hilariously funny.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Tim Merrill
    60
    Any romantic comedy that lacks Meg Ryan can’t be faulted too hard.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    30
    It's too mild to be crass; it's clumsy. Lehmann has made what amounts to an anti-sex sex comedy, the first youth sex comedy made to be enjoyed by those creepy abstinence teens.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
  1. Jedi_Jettson
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked it due to its pleasure from a sex comedy and has a fantastic romantic story between the two main characters but in the end, it's not so much of a comedy after you know who rapes Josh Hartnett.… Expand
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