THE 41-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN WHO KNOCKED UP SARAH MARSHALL AND FELT SUPERBAD ABOUT IT

US, 2010, 82 minutes, Colour.
Directed by Craig Moss.

This film offers a satire, spoof of several of Judd Apatow films. While the title is amusing, the film immediately launches into bad taste and disgusting jokes. One of the difficulties with this kind of joke is the parody of the original (and the original being better than the parody) and not having a context for some of the bodily function jokes as well as the sex jokes.

Audiences who are interested in spoofs will notice a lot of parallels with the original films – the waxing sequence from The 40 Year Old Virgin, the adventures of the two young fellows in Superbad.

The film also has a number of amusing parallels with the original characters, especially in the appearances of the actors. Steven Sims is very much a parallel to Jonah Hill. Austin Michael Scott does a Michael Cera. There is also a parallel with Seth Rogan.

The film was co-written by Brad Kaaya and director Craig Moss. It has a certain exuberance about it – but relies very much on the bad taste jokes and the disgusting element.

The film serves as a curiosity item of how parodies saw the comedies of Judd Apatow of the first decade of the 21st century.