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This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

A nice teenager film. the good point - the chemistry between Shannyn Sossamon and Josh Hartnett. in rest, the expectation of the end of celibate and the love story evolution. but , like many films of same genre, many flaws, a sacred event of a Christian life as pretext, unrealistic situations, teen humor, a not real inspired end. sure, for a precise target , it is the perfect choice. but , for the other categories , it remains a too easy film.

Matt Sullivan (Josh Hartnett) designs web pages in San Francisco. Ryan (Paulo Costanzo) is his sleazy roommate. His brother John (Adam Trese) is a priest. It's been six months since Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) dumped him. He is tired of endless meaningless sex and then he's told Nicole is newly engaged. He vows to abstain from any sexual contact for 40 days and 40 nights of Lent. That's before he meets Erica Sutton (Shannyn Sossamon) at the laundromat. Ryan spreads the story and co-workers organize a betting pool on his self-restraint.Hartnett is often a stiff pretty boy actor. In this one, he is able to inject a bit of comedic energy. His jittery sexually-deprived mess is kind of funny. There are some minor laughs in this. It is somewhat inappropriate which leads to some awkward scenes. The awkwardness detracts from the comedic needs. For example, the ending needs to be reworked. It isn't funny and is actually off-putting. I can think of plenty of funnier ways to end his 40 days. This movie has a couple of laughs and isn't as bad as expected.

40 Days and 40 Nights (2002): Dir: Michael Lehman / Cast: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Vinessa Shaw, Griffin Dunne, Paulo Costanzo: Ads challenge viewers regarding sexual refusal. One would think that Josh Hartnett could make it through a ninety minute movie. Here he leads an active sex life but when his girlfriend dumps him he decides to go 40 days and 40 nights without sex. His friends make bets on his newest romance and whether he can make good on his case. Directed by Michael Lehman who previously made The Truth About Cats and Dogs. Here he is assisted by fine visual elements. Harnett has comic potential that deserves broader material. His situation draws serious themes that viewers could relate to but faltered with predictable structure and an attitude that learns nothing. Shannyn Sossamon as the laundo-mat girl has talent beyond this. She is basically a prop to teach Hartnett the value of relationships yet ends up on the same level as his other sexual conquests. Vinessa Shaw is subdued as his ex-girlfriend who will obviously reappear to voice her mistake in leaving him when she observes him with someone else. Griffin Dunne is caught masturbating in a public washroom. Paulo Costanzo plays the roommate and co-worker and pretty much initiates this scheme. Theme of sexual appetite bares truth but religious elements lack conviction. Score: 5 ½ / 10

The only good thing really I can say about 40 Days and 40 Nights is the soundtrack, especially the use of Recondita Armonia(from Tosca) performed the wonderful Jussi Bjorling. The rest though is a mess. The scenery is decent, but the editing could have been much tighter and the photography more fluid. Josh Hartnett and Shannon Sossaman are charming to look at, but they are rather awkward and never are believable together. It's not their fault though, they struggled with a flat predictable story, a bad smutty script, uneven pacing and especially shallow characters. What spoilt this movie the most was the ending, which is the most terrible and most insulting ending I've seen in a long time. In conclusion, an awful movie. 1/10 Bethany Cox