Other Titles • 40 Days and 40 Nights • 40 Tage und 40 Nächte (2002)
Synopses for 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
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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. --Bret Fetzer
(15 votes)
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To get over his last serious girlfriend, Matt Sullivan (Josh Hartnett) turned to sex. Lots of it. But Matt realised that he needed to go further; to go where no man has gone before. No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 days. That's tough at the best of times, but for Matt it seems impossible: he's just met the woman of his dreams (Shannyn Sossamon) and bets are out that he won't make it. Will he hold on? Will she hold out?
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Matt (Josh Hartnett) is having a hard time moving on six months after his relationship with bombshell Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) ended. He finds himself involved in empty physical relationships that are unfulfilling and ultimately send him fleeing. His solution is to give up sex and anything sexual for the 40 days of Lent. Initially, Matt is empowered by his decision--until he meets stunning Erica (Shannyn Sossamon), the girl of his dreams, at the local laundromat. Erica doesn't know about Matt's vow of abstinence, which impacts their budding relationship. To complicate matters more, Matt's co-workers are determined to literally put their two cents in as well by establishing a betting pool about how long Matt can keep his vow. Hartnett is endearing as the clumsy Matt, who desperately wants to do the right thing. Griffin Dunne stars as Matt's sex-starved boss. Also starring Paulo Costanzo and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the film was produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the team that made NOTTING HILL and BRIDGET JONES' DIARY, and directed by Michael Lehmann (HEATHERS). The city of San Francisco provides a beautiful backdrop to this modern look at love that includes a touch of crude teen-movie humor.
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Matt Sullivan's (Josh Hartnett) last big relationship ended in disaster and, ever since, his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking.
A boyishly handsome, single twenty-something web designer, Matt discovers the cure may lie in the unlikeliest of places: a sacrifice made in honor of Lent. A guy who has never been able to finish anything, he decides to go where no man has gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. No touching. No kissing. No foreplay. No fooling around. No self-gratification. That's right: no nothing.
At first, he finds that his newfound discipline is working well; he's feeling in control. But that is all undermined when he meets the woman of his dreams, Erica (Shannyn Sossamon). Sexy and spirited, Erica drives Matt wild.
Now, with everyone betting that he can't possibly finish what he's started, he's just trying to hold on, and left hoping she's willing to hold out.
(15 votes)
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He's About To Do The Unthinkable. No Sex, Whatsoever, For… 40 Days And 40 Nights
An outrageously sexy comedy starring Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down) and Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight's Tale), 40 Days And 40 Nights is another hilarious hit from the producers of Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary!
On the heels of a disastrous breakup and a string of unfulfilling romantic conquests, Matt Sullivan (Hartnett) yearns to becomes a better, more complete person. In the midst of his despair, he chooses to test himself by making a vow of no sex whatsoever for 40 days and 40 nights! With everyone betting he won't finish… and a seductive new girl in his life (Sossamon)… it's all Matt can do to just hold on! Fun, fresh and wildly entertaining -- you'll agree with critics everywhere who found this sexy comedy adventure totally irresistible!
(15 votes)
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40 Days and 40 Nights is a romantic comedy starring Josh Harnett as a young man whose last relationship ended in disaster. Since the break-up his conquests with women have been anything but fulfilling. In the midst of his despair, he thinks that Lent provides an opportunity to give something up that might make him a better, more complete person. He chooses to test himself by making a vow of no sex whatsoever for 40 days and 40 nights. With everyone betting he won't finish, he's just trying to hold on.
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Some movies are so stupid that they are depressing to watch: 40 Days and 40 Nights is one of them. Almost nothing here even remotely resembles genuine human behaviour. Matt (Josh Hartnett) is brutally dumped by his knockout ex-girlfriend, and as a result 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 scepticism is fuelled when Matt meets Erica (Shannyn Sossamon) at a laundrette. 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 a religious educational video, however, the barrage of sex gags and frequent nudity will quickly dispel this notion. --Bret Fetzer
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