# The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
*The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It* is a 2010 American parody comedy film that spoofs the films of writer-producer [Judd Apatow](https://www.edgepedia.org/judd-apatow), specifically *The 40-Year-Old Virgin*, *Knocked Up*, *Forgetting Sarah Marshall*, and *Superbad*[1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it). It was directed by Craig Moss, written by Moss and [Brad Kaaya](https://www.edgepedia.org/brad-kaaya), and produced by Ash R. Shah, with a direct-to-video release on June 8, 2010 through Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment[1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) • [2](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | June 8, 2010, direct to DVD and digital, by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment[1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) • [2](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) |
| Director / writers | Directed by Craig Moss; written by Craig Moss and Brad Kaaya; produced by Ash R. Shah[1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) |
| Targets of parody | Films written and/or produced by Judd Apatow: *The 40-Year-Old Virgin*, *Knocked Up*, *Forgetting Sarah Marshall*, and *Superbad*[1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) |
| Rating and runtime | Rated R for pervasive strong crude sexual content, nudity, language, and drug use; 82 minutes[2](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) |
| Lead cast | Bryan Callen, Noureen DeWulf, Mircea Monroe, with Stephen Kramer Glickman, Austin Michael Scott, Steven Sims, and Randall Park in supporting roles[1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) • [3](https://www.netflix.com/title/70132549) |
| Premise | Andy, a 41-year-old virgin, is helped by his sex-obsessed friends and teenage roommates, one of whom uses a fake ID, in a quest to lose his virginity[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498870/plotsummary/) • [2](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and targets
Andy ([Bryan Callen](https://www.edgepedia.org/bryan-callen)), a 41-year-old eager to have sex for the first time, shares this goal with his teenage housemates.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498870/plotsummary/) Netflix's synopsis describes a group of testosterone-fueled men on a mission to help their 41-year-old friend, with the plot involving his equally eager roommates and an awkward, resourceful friend who uses a fake ID[3](https://www.netflix.com/title/70132549) • [5](https://stream-tracker.com/en/film/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it-2010). The fake-ID character, McAnalovin', parodies McLovin, the forged-identity plot device of *Superbad*[5](https://stream-tracker.com/en/film/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it-2010).
The film's title itself compresses the names of its four targets, and the movie restages famous scenes from the Apatow films with what its reviewers describe as new, cruder punchlines[1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it) • [6](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/44465/41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it/). According to the DVD Talk review by Rohit Rao, although elements of *Knocked Up* and *Superbad* are present, the film mostly relies on *The 40-Year-Old Virgin* and *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* to move from beginning to end[7](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/43068).
## Production
Craig Moss had previously directed the parody *Saving Ryan's Privates*, which is how Netflix identifies him in its description of the film[3](https://www.netflix.com/title/70132549). In a 2010 interview with FlickDirect, Moss described his approach plainly: "This is a parody: we're taking already funny films and being funnier, zanier, and spoofing them"[8](https://flickdirect.com/news/2752/flickdirect-interviews-craig-moss-director-of-the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it/article.ashx).
Casting leaned on resemblance and prior comic personas. A DVD extra titled "Being Jonah Hill" shows how Steven Sims, then a relative unknown, landed a role based on his striking resemblance to [Jonah Hill](https://www.edgepedia.org/jonah-hill), who starred in *Superbad*[7](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/43068). Another extra, "Bryan Callen: Internet Sex Deity," details the shirtless character Callen played on *MadTV* and the attention it drew[9](https://thescorecardreview.com/tsr/review/dvd-reviews/2010/06/09/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it-dvd-review/11012).
## Reception
**Critical response was negative.** Common Sense Media's parents' guide concluded that the film "totally fails as a spoof of the Judd Apatow movies, because it fails to comment upon them in any way," merely re-creating famous scenes with new punchlines involving sexual images and profanity, and judged it "mainly insulting, unfunny, vile, and irritating"[2](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it). Rao's DVD Talk review stated that the film "is not a good movie no matter how you define good or movie," and remarked that Moss and Kaaya had managed to make the Friedberg/Seltzer model of parody, the *Date Movie* and *Epic Movie* style of spoof, look daring and bold by comparison[7](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/43068). The Scorecard Review called it another parody of work "actually worthy of financial support," with lazy, predictable jokes and a true running time it put at 75 minutes[9](https://thescorecardreview.com/tsr/review/dvd-reviews/2010/06/09/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it-dvd-review/11012).
The film has persisted as a shorthand for the direct-to-video spoof boom of the late 2000s. A Brunel University thesis on contemporary cinema cites it as evidence of how far Judd Apatow's influence reached, noting that a parody film was made specifically to mock the conventions found in most Apatow movies[10](https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/12116/1/FulltextThesis.pdf). Viewer reactions collected on Rotten Tomatoes range from fond nostalgia for the era's spoof movies to judgments that it is "creatively bankrupt, unfunny, and poorly acted"[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/41_year_old_virgin_who_knocked_up_sarah_marshall_and_felt_superbad_about_it).
## Availability
The film carried a TV-MA rating on Netflix, where it was listed with the genres of satires and late-night comedy, described as campy, raunchy, and goofy; Netflix currently reports the title as unavailable to watch[3](https://www.netflix.com/title/70132549). A streaming-status check updated in 2026 found it unavailable on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+, and several other major platforms, while 20th Century Studios lists it as available on digital[5](https://stream-tracker.com/en/film/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it-2010) • [1](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it).
## References
1. [The 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It, 20th Century Studios](https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it)
2. [The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It: Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it)
3. [Watch The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/70132549)
4. [The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010): Plot, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498870/plotsummary/)
5. [The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It: streaming status, Stream Tracker](https://stream-tracker.com/en/film/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it-2010)
6. [DVD Talk review by Brian Orndorf, July 1, 2010](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/44465/41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it/)
7. [DVD Talk review by Rohit Rao, June 1, 2010](https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/43068)
8. [FlickDirect interview with Craig Moss, June 9, 2010](https://flickdirect.com/news/2752/flickdirect-interviews-craig-moss-director-of-the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it/article.ashx)
9. [The Scorecard Review: DVD review, June 9, 2010](https://thescorecardreview.com/tsr/review/dvd-reviews/2010/06/09/the-41-year-old-virgin-who-knocked-up-sarah-marshall-and-felt-superbad-about-it-dvd-review/11012)
10. [Brunel University London thesis on contemporary Hollywood comedy](https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/12116/1/FulltextThesis.pdf)
11. [The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/41_year_old_virgin_who_knocked_up_sarah_marshall_and_felt_superbad_about_it)
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