Steve repeats himself

"Crazy, Stupid, Love" marks the third entry in what we'll call Steve Carrell's Sad Sack Trilogy that also includes "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Date Night." Now that Carrell is a full-time movie star, we hope he says au revoir to the déjà vu.

HIS CHARACTER

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin": Sexually frustrated single man

"Date Night": Sexually frustrated married man

"Crazy, Stupid, Love": Sexually frustrated separated man

FRIEND WHO ENCOURAGES SEXUAL ADVENTURE

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin": Romany Malco, Seth Rogen

"Date Night": Mark Ruffalo

"Crazy, Stupid, Love": Ryan Gosling

UNEXPECTED CAMEO FROM A MUSICIAN

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin": Loudon Wainwright III

"Date Night": will.i.am

"Crazy, Stupid, Love": Josh Groban

PHILLY CONNECTION

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin": Kevin Hart

"Date Night": Tina Fey

"Crazy, Stupid, Love": Kevin

Bacon

GAGS WITH A SHIRTLESS ACTOR

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin": Carrell gets his chest waxed

"Date Night": Mark Wahlberg is consistently shirtless (not that there's anything wrong with that . . . )

"Crazy, Stupid, Love": Emma Stone says "It's like you're Photoshopped!" to shirtless Ryan Gosling (see above)

TOKEN NONWHITE COMIC

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin": Romany Malco

"Date Night": JB Smoove

"Crazy, Stupid, Love": Liz

Lapira

- Molly Eichel