| − | |In this vulgar sex comedy, the main character has to give up sex for Lent, and his ex-girlfriend tries tempting him to break his commitment throughout. Interestingly, it was released ''during'' the Lent season, so William Donnahue, President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, requested to both then-[[Disney]] CEO [[Michael Eisner]] and Harvey Weinstein that they reschedule the airing of the film, citing that "To show a film that parodies Lent in a most vulgar way is bad enough, but to show it during Lent is outrageous."<ref>http://www.catholicleague.org/appeal-to-michael-eisner-and-harvey-weinstein-reschedule-40-days-and-40-nights/</ref> In addition, despite the inflammatory material in the movie, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] head Foxman did not call out the film. | + | |In this vulgar sex comedy, the main character has to give up sex for Lent, and his ex-girlfriend tries tempting him to break his commitment throughout. Interestingly, it was released ''during'' the Lent season, so William Donnahue, President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, requested to both then-[[Disney]] CEO [[Michael Eisner]] and [[Harvey Weinstein]] that they reschedule the airing of the film, citing that "To show a film that parodies Lent in a most vulgar way is bad enough, but to show it during Lent is outrageous."<ref>http://www.catholicleague.org/appeal-to-michael-eisner-and-harvey-weinstein-reschedule-40-days-and-40-nights/</ref> In addition, despite the inflammatory material in the movie, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] head Foxman did not call out the film. |