DVD Movie Rating for: 40 Days and 40 Nights

3 Out Of 5

Movie Plot of: 40 Days and 40 Nights

One man is about to do the unthinkable. No sex. Whatsoever. For... 40 Days and 40 Nights

DVD Production Details of: 40 Days and 40 Nights

Director: Michael Lehmann

Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Format: Color, Closed-captioned

Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
DVD Features:
Commentary by director Michael Lehmann, Producer Michael London and Screenwriter Robert Perez

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Cast of the movie: 40 Days and 40 Nights

• Josh Hartnett .... Matt
• Shannyn Sossamon .... Erica Sutton
• Paulo Costanzo .... Ryan, Matt's Roommate
• Adam Trese .... John
• Emmanuelle Vaugier .... Susie
• Lorin Heath .... Diana
• Aaron Trainor .... Waiter

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40 Days and 40 Nights

Reviews of the movie: 40 Days and 40 Nights

I give Hartnett credit. Not only did he win the heart of my mother in PEARL HARBOR but he also showed he also has the cojones to play a role such as the one of Matt in 40 DAYS. Funny enough, the first two-thirds of the movie is not funny at all, and goes through the motions of just about every other sitcom on television. And when the final third of the movie comes around, everything just becomes overly ludicrous.

Matt is tired of his empty, sex-filled life. For Lent, he vows off of sex, just in time to meet the perfect girl of course.

At one time, Toronto was rated the second least romantic city of the world (Warsaw beat us, those darn Polish!), so living in a city where I see my friends and I working hard enough as it is to pay rent and keep our bellies full of food and beer (eh), sex is hardly a factor in a city where you are working too hard to think about it or you are having too much of it. Simply, I do not see the big deal about losing 40 days and nights of no sex. So the entire joke is wasted on me and the satire of the fact was not funny at all. But I give credit for Hartnett and the gusto of most of the actors involved. Hardly a step up for anyone but nothing detrimental.

After being brutally dumped by his knockout ex-girlfriend, Matt (Josh Hartnett, Pearl Harbor) is so torn up inside that he vows to give up sexual activity--including masturbation--for Lent. His friends and coworkers start betting on how soon he'll crack. Their skepticism is given fuel when Matt meets Erica (Shannyn Sossamon, A Knight's Tale) at a laundromat. They're immediately smitten with each other, but Matt struggles to stay true to his vow, even though it threatens to founder his potential relationship with Erica. Based on this description, you might think that 40 Days and 40 Nights is religious educational video--however, the barrage of sex gags and frequent nudity would quickly dispel this notion. Almost nothing in this movie remotely resembles human behavior. Some movies are so deeply stupid that they're depressing to watch; this is one of them