After a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.After a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.After a brutal break-up, a young man vows to stay celibate during the forty days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
- Bagel Guy
- (as Michael Maronna)
- Girl in Chinatown
- (as Stefanie Von Pfetten)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJosh Hartnett tried to emulate his character's celibacy. He lasted for two weeks.
- GoofsThe sports page of the Chronicle that Paul Constanzo's character is holding has a headline about the Raiders beating the Seahawks, a game that would not have occurred during the Lenten season.
- Quotes
Mandy: [Mandy describes to Matt the importance of women's power of abstinence] Women have been doing this since, well, forever, so we know all about the power. See, us having the power, that's part of the system, and by you taking the power, you're fucking with the system. And I think you see why we can't let that happen.
- Alternate versionsThe TV version aired in the USA blurs out the nudity.
- SoundtracksBig Blue Sea
Written and Performed by Bob Schneider
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
That said the two main characters are somewhat lacking in life and could have done with a bit more development. This is a largely French funded film and it does show in places. There are elements of French farce about it but with transposing the action to California it was always inevitable there'd be the standard Hollywood ending and it doesn't "disappoint" in that respect.
Hopefully this won't be the best film you'll see this year but it certainly could be worse.
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- Also known as
- 40 Ngày Và Đêm
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Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,950,822
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,229,529
- Mar 3, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $95,146,283