40 Days and 40 Nights

40 Days and 40 Nights is a hormone-bursting youth film that pretends to be a comedy, but it is not terribly funny. The lead, Josh Hartnett, has looks on his side, but he is hardly a born comedian.

Matt Sullivan pulls girls by the dozen, but he cannot get over his ex-girlfriend Nicole. To sort out his love and sex life, he decides to give up sex for 40 days. The decision causes a wild commotion among Matt's colleagues and friends, who start placing bets on his steadfastness or lack of it.

Matt has barely begun to put his vow into practice when he meets Erica. She is the only one who can drive out the memory of Nicole. Well, then it is a bit unfortunate that there is still more than a month to go before he is so much as allowed to kiss her. How is Erica supposed to understand the logic of that?

40 Days and 40 Nights is a lightweight that has little else to offer than a reasonably entertaining story. In the long run, the film's fixation on sex and its many irritating supporting characters become too wearing.