You should go see 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' right now.

Every once in a while, a movie comes along that can walk the line between raunchy and heartwarming without getting disgusting or sappy while being non-stop, rolling-in-the-aisles funny all at the same time.

The 40 Year Old Virgin is that movie.

Thank you, There's Something About Mary, but the torch has now been passed. Same with you, American Pie. Steve Carell is my new favorite comedian. The guy is a genius. He singlehandedly has made me willing to watch the NBC version of "The Office." If he's half as good in that as he is here, I'm all over it. Add his Brick Tamblyn from Anchorman to the mix and I think I'd be willing to watch him in even one of those terrible standard sitcoms where he's the dorky funny guy with the really hot wife that would be completely out of his league in real life and three quick-witted kids that throw out one-liners. He'd make it watchable anyway, I'm convinced of it.

So anyway, get to the point, Maki... Let's hear about the movie.

It's about a 40-year-old virgin. Judd Apatow & Co. take this very simple concept (that would have been one-note in just about anybody else's hands) and make the absolute most of it, giving us fully fleshed-out characters that we can understand and sympathize with. We all know somebody like Andy (Carell); he's that guy at work who may or may not be a serial killer but he's probably harmless enough. Turns out he's just a virgin who's pretty much given up on dating. He works at the electronics store with that guy who's always cheating on his girlfriend (Romany Malco), that guy who never got over his last girlfriend (Paul Rudd) and the shameless horndog (an absolutely hilarious Seth Rogen). Throw in their slightly creepy boss (Jayne Lynch), some surly Pakistani coworkers and assorted females for Andy to meet (and likely fail with) and you've got a recipe for success. This may sound like a crowded movie, but trust me when I tell you that every single character gets a moment to shine.

Failing miserably at picking up women is a comedy goldmine in the first place. Just look at this blog to see how often I go to that well. Add in adventures with drunk driving, speed dating, chest waxing (which, yes, is even funnier than the previews showed), sex ed, a whole bunch of action figures and even a framed Asia poster and you've got one damn funny movie. It's all held together by Carell, though. He makes Andy a huge dork, but one who you want to root for anyway, even when you know he's doing the wrong thing. Catherine Keener is stuck with the straight-man role here, playing a single grandmother. It's her duty to react to all the jokes going on around her and she does a terrific job at it, giving depth to a role that could have been "the standard love interest that everyone knows our protagonist will end up with at the end of the movie." She gives you reason to want her and Andy to end up together. Seth Rogen, Romany Malco and Paul Rudd all work great with each other, providing just enough support and just enough smart-ass remarks to really feel like friends to Andy.

Really, I have few, if any complaints about the movie. Even the stuff that bugged me as I was watching is addressed by the end. What we have is a crowd-pleaser of a movie that gives us laughs, genuine romance and characters that feel and act and react like real people do. But really, Judd Apatow has already proven that that's his forte. I'm looking forward to seeing what he directs next (he's the screenwriter for Fun With Dick And Jane, which looks hilarious, but he's not directing it).

4 out of 4 stars. Get yourself to the theater.