40 Days and 40 Nights

Name: 40 Days and 40 Nights
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 1, 2002
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon

2002

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40 Days And 40 Nights

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Miramax Films | Release Date: March 1, 2002

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)

Director: Michael Lehmann

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

It's very funny, terrifically lively and, considering how awful it might have been, surprisingly tender in its portrait of a young guy who learns sensitivity the hard way.

Chicago Reader - Jonathan Rosenbaum

This is smooth and at times even sensual -- a well-oiled machine. Read full review

Washington Post - Stephen Hunter

The movie is both exhilarating and depressing. The trouble is, I can't figure out which is more important. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Carla Meyer

Builds up comic force in its first half. But then it blows it, leaving the audience feeling unsatisfied. Read full review

New York Magazine (Vulture) - Peter Rainer

Sets out to demonstrate that life is about more than having sex. Inadvertently -- I think -- it ends up showing us just the opposite. As if we didn't already know. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Steve Simels

This is a smart and witty romantic farce that mixes sweet and sexy with surprising aplomb. Read full review

New York Post - Lou Lumenick

So eyeball-gougingly awful that you're tempted to give up movies for Lent. Read full review

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Jedi_Jettson

Feb 5, 2012

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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DrewC

Jan 15, 2014

Same old boring recycled rom com plot. Not even the no sex rule is new. There's nothing clever or funny about the dialogue. Next time let's just save some time and send the script straight to the XXX lots so the Hartnett fangirls can have their porn and leave real cinema to the big boys.

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