40 Days and 40 Nights

2002 "Easier said than done."
5.6| 1h34m| R| en| More Info
Released: 01 March 2002 Released
Producted By: Miramax
Country: United States of America
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Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. At first he has everything under control. That is until the woman of his dreams, Erica, walks into his life.

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Comedy, Romance

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Director

Michael Lehmann

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Miramax

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40 Days and 40 Nights Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
marykshaw-20799 This is a "comedy" about a sex addict who Is raped by his abusive and manipulative ex while he is bound, drunk and passed out. What in the actual eff. How is this supposed to be funny? Shame on everyone involved. And the ensuing victim blaming is just foul. Reverse the genders and this would be a horror/suspense film and that double standard is extremely dangerous. Men can be assaulted and it is not funny at all.
callanvass Matt Sullivan (Hartnett) is still in love with his ex. In order to get over her and start fresh, he vows celibacy for 40 days. When he meets Erica (Sossamon) , Matt's quest to stay celibate may be much quicker than he was hoping for. I actually had a decent time with this movie. It has some originality and it was genuine. It's also filled with smart humor and doesn't cross the line with crudeness. One of the funniest scenes is Hartnett faking an orgasm with Emmanuelle Vaugier. It still falls under the category of "typical Rom-Com" though. That's not a bad thing. I enjoy the genre, even the recycled ones. This one is definitely above average. Hartnett is winning in his role. I've always been a supporter of his. He's got charisma in spades and it sucks that he's not in the spotlight like he used to be. Sossamon is unique and winning herself. She's cute and spunky, something that was refreshing. She wasn't your typical love interest. This was a fairly fun flick. It's sweet, funny, cute and genuine. It's nothing that reinvigorated the genre by any means, but it'll give you some laughs. Isn't that what counts?6.6/10
Hello-Beautiful I'm SO glad to see that other reviewers weren't blindfolded to the ugly truth of this movie... ! Proof our culture still has a brain. :D So...gender equality = treating both genders with respect & not violating their rights (in a nut shell.) So why then, do we allow raping a man chained to a bed??? ...Really people?This movie tries to make us believe that: a) Men cannot control their sexual urges b) Forcing yourself sexually on a drunk, sleeping person tied to a bed (against their will) is OK (as long as it's a man!) Rape is only legitimate if a man rapes a woman apparently... (!?!?) c) Abstinence is torture / Life without sex is meaningless ... blah blah blah d) Respecting people's bodies is overrated Literally everybody should re-watch the ending if they didn't find it disgusting. Men, women, virgins, individuals with healthy sexual lives..... ALL OF US ... should be upset with how blatantly ignorant the ending of this movie is! He's raped 3 minutes before midnight?? That's your idea of an ENDING?!? This seemingly humorous rom-com kills the basic idea of respect & basic human dignity. Instead it aims to.... demonize celibacy, make men into brainless & sexualized pigs, make women into pretty/sexualized objects, & ignore rape. So a more objective rating would go like this....(Positives) -- Main actors are talented --- Humor is consistently good -- Original date ideas & non-cliché type characters --- Plot isn't TOO predictable --- Refreshing to see Sossamon's edgy style as the lead role --- Male protagonist respects women --- All the apartment decor looks like a sexy bohemian Pinterest board(Negatives) --- Male rape is basically deemed illegitimate. The climax of this film occurs when the ex-girlfriend sneaks into his house when he (main character) is trying to remain abstinent & she forces him to have sex with her while he's DRUNK, SLEEPING & CHAINED TO A BED. (He says NO!) The writer's cover it up by letting him "get the good girl in the end" & never recognizing that the ex she-beast raped him. Apparently male rape does Not exist in the planet of these scene writers?!--- Excessive use of boobs. I didn't know it was possible to allow that many pointless boobs in one scene. --- There just HAD to be the cliché "priest-who-has-excessive-sexual-urges" character. Seriously? When is Hollywood going to get bored of saying that celibate people can't be celibate if they want to? A priest is statistically less likely to have sex/ rape / molest a person than a child's teacher or parents!! ... Hollywood needs to stop rubbing this false holy- clergy-sex-fantasy stereotype in our faces.Movies like this are why male rape is under-reported & under-punished. Our culture needs to stop saying that only women can be raped. The idea that being raped somehow makes you "more feminine" or "not tough enough to fight them off" is ridiculous. The reality is that the crime of Rape is a violent act committed against a person (against their will)...regardless of the victim's gender! Women rapists (or men raping men) shouldn't be getting away with this!!!!!Seriously...--- OK... End Rant! loll ---Gave it 4 stars because the movie COULD have easily been a 7 or 8 star "edgy sexualized Rom-com" if it hadn't been for the writer's making rape illegitimate & the random stereotyping.
TheLittleSongbird 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