The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
DIRECTOR: Judd Apatow
CAST: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Romany Malco, Paul Rudd.
GENRE: Comedy, Romance
RELEASE DATES:
USA - 19th August 2005
UK - 2nd September 2005
BUDGET:
(est) $26,000,000
OPENING WEEKEND TAKINGS:
$21,400,000
GROSS PROFIT:
(ww) $177,000,000
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Universal Pictures,
Apatow Productions
A particular scene in the movie shows one of the male characters describing his feelings and emotions towards his girlfriend, which he then gets laughed at/mocked by his male friends. The male is portraying characteristics that are not typical of hegemonic masculinity, the type of masculinity which most male characters aspire to be associated with.
Andy, the main male character, is difficult to categorise in terms of Connell's types of masculinity; he shows elements of both complicit and marginalised masculinity.
Complicit in the way of new male sensitivity when he makes his feelings known towards the female character. He seems to be under peer-pressure to be more like his friends and more traditional in the sense of powerful, dominant and strong. His male friends aspire to be hegemonic males; they drink alcohol, objectify women and play poker.
Through the movie, Andy decides to get his chest waxes which, again, hints at the 'new male', metro-sexual approach to taking care of oneself/male grooming.
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