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ITS A WHOLE (AFFERENT ATENTAtXPr !F AP Photo Vinessa Shaw and Josh Hartnett Lehmann's 40 Days and 40 Nights’ co-st- ar great-looki- BEETLE BAILEY ng Movie review As Erica she's the smart sexy woman who tempts Hartnett's character Matt to break the vow of celibacy he made for the 40 days and 40 nights of Lent has given Matt a San Francisco all sex his because “and up things gorgeous girlfriend Nicole (Vinessa Shaw) has inexplicably dumped him sending him into stands His an unsatisfying series of ' vow includes no kissing no videos er sex-lik- e" one-nig- ht X-rat-ed HAGAR THE HORRIBLE nothing - - at-th- When he said" I love e sex-starv- ed you" it was a dark and stormy niqht on when he’ll cave By the end the pot reaches tens of thousands of dollars And the moments when Matt bounces off Ryan and his brother are quick and funny and smart Costanzo holds his own in the supporting role and his character gets most of the with good lines: “Dude you are action-packissues" he marvels at Matt But the movie gets weaker as it gets weirder In one painful scene Matt’s boss (Griffin Dunne) awkwardly confides in him about his own tepid sex life after eight 'years of marriage later after drinking a glass of orange juice’ laced with Viagra that was meant for Matt he gets caught moaning in a bathroom stall with a Penthouse magazine a When Matt goes to his parents’ house for dinner figuring that to be a wholesome enviP ronment his mom (Mary Gross) and dad (Barry Newman) shock him by discussing the new sexual positions they’ve discovered since dad’s hip surgery ' Ewwwwwww! And by the end Matt’s so whacked out that he envisions himself flying above an undulating spa of naked breasts — a surreal moment ‘that would have made sense in a Mpnty Python movie but feels out of place here Matt and Erica of course are destined to be together despite the usual contrived misunder- standings that keep characters apart and would be easily solved if they’d just take a moment to ' speak to each other But then the movie would be over too fast Lehmann achieves none of the social commentary that he found in his best movie 1989’s “Heathers” Empty sex is bad his movie tells us and being intimate with someone you love is good It doesn’t take 40 days and 40 nights to figure that out r of ”40 Days and 40 Nights” is rated Rfor strong sexual content nudity and language Running time: 90 minutes Two stars ed ’ ‘ No this is not a terribly plausible premise Many people give up chocolate for Lent or fried food or watching the Home Shopping Network But director Michael Lehmann aind writer Robert Perez needed a reason to parade a bevy of biixom babes in front of Hartnettwho quivers at the sight of thdm No one believes he’ll stick to his vow — not his roommate Ryan (Paulo Costanzo) who tries to drag him to bars to meet women and certainly not his brother John (Adam Trese) who’s made his own vow of celibacy studying to be a priest Naturally because Matt’s pot supposed to think about sex he thinks about it constantly ' — especially after he and Erica meet cute Laundromat and go on a series of chaste dates As the days pass he becomes so he hallucinates that he’s surrounded by naked Women all of whom want him The movie works best though when it’s rooted in reality Matt’s set up a funny Web site called “The Vow” where people: from around the world log on to place bets PEANUTS In Michael i on I Harding Fisher to duke it out 'NEWYORK(AP) — Tonya and Amy are MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM getting ready to rumble The pugilistic divas will face off on “Celebrity Boxing” a Fox special scheduled to air March 13 The network is billing the bout as “the battle of the bad girls” Also on the special former “Brady Bunch" star Barry Williams will be pitted against Danny Bonaduce once part of TV’s “Partridge ' Family” The network said the fights will bercal each lasting three rounds Harding gained notoriety when in January figure-skatin- nd ? 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