Steve Carell's 20-Year-Old Comedy Is Definitely a Product of Its Time (But It's Still Funny)

For a while in the mid-2000s and early 2010s, Judd Apatow was basically the center of the theatrical comedy universe. After years of writing and producing for film and TV, Apatow stepped behind the camera for the first time in 2005's The 40-Year-Old Virgin.This movie catapulted Steve Carell into stardom and ushered in a new era of loose, improv-heavy comedies that achieved big box office success.