Synopsis
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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Cast
- Josh HartnettMatt Sulivan
- Shannyn SossamonErica Sutton
- Paulo CostanzoRyan
- Vinessa ShawNicole
- Maggie GyllenhaalSam
- Adam TreseJohn Sullivan
- Griffin DunneJerry Anderson
- Emmanuelle VaugierSusie
- Lorin HeathDiana
- Aaron TrainorWalter
Recommendations
- 80
Wall Street Journal
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. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Can be taken as a mildly risque frothy date movie, but there's serious subtext for those who choose to look beneath surface sheen. - 75
Miami Herald
The quality writing, delivered by likable Hartnett and his talented co-stars, makes up for the sometimes flat production. A richly humorous background is provided by well-played eccentric minor characters. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
A kinder, gentler teensploitation comedy, but Hartnett's Matt, at least, invites the audience to graduate to something better. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
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. - 50
Chicago Tribune
This pretty but witless movie is well-produced, slickly directed -- full of jokes about hot dudes and hot babes pitched right at the "American Pie" crowd. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
All this holding back is a bad idea, especially as the subject of an entire movie. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's rare that a movie is so graceful and so gross.
