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Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Traci Lords, Craig Robinson, Gerry Bednob ...( see more  see more... ) , Jason Mewes , Jeff Anderson , Jennifer Schwalbach Smith , Kenny Hotz

Lifelong friends Zack and Miri look to solve their cash flow problems by recruiting a motley cast and crew to make an adult film. As the cameras roll, the duo discovers unexpected romantic feelings fo...( read more  read more... )r each other.

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R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Release Date: October 31, 2008

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  • cartersimo
    February 1, 2010
    cartersimo
    Anthing with Seth Rogen is pretty funny
  • lewiskendell
    January 15, 2010
    lewiskendell
    First of all, if you can't handle an EXTREMELY crude movie, stay as far away from Zack and Miri as possible. Heed this warning!!!!! At heart, it's sort of a romantic comedy, but to get to that part of the film, you have to deal with a lot of shit (literally).

    I mean, I felt dirt...( read more)y just watching the thing in my own home. I can't imagine actually buying a ticket for it at the theater or buying it in a store. I'll have to get past that somehow, because this movie is definitely worth owning. It's beyond offensive, but if you can stomach all the raunch then there's a funny (and impossibly, somewhat sweet) movie to be found in the filth.
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    January 14, 2010
    YLOWBSTARDreturns
    Very sweet and very funny, but gets off to a rather slow start. Still, this is a very solid film and one of Smith's better efforts.
  • EarthlyAlien
    November 7, 2009
    EarthlyAlien
    "I'm a guy. You give me two popsicle sticks and a rubber band and I'll find a way to fuck it like a filthy MacGyver!"

    With the casting of Seth Rogen as his lead, I've heard people dismiss Zack and Miri Make a Porno as Kevin Smith's attempt to be Judd Apatow. I can'...( read more)t think of anything more spectacularly unfair. Kevin Smith was pulling off raunchy humour with a heart of gold long before we'd even heard the name Apatow, he's just never gotten the same kind of credit for it. If anything, that's probably because Smith is often less interested in the heavy dramatic elements Apatow uses to win critics and audiences over. Smith is, self-admittedly, into dick jokes. Usually there's a touch of dramatic sweetness mixed in, especially in some of his more poignant, focused films like Clerks II and Chasing Amy, but more often than not he's there for a laugh, the dirtier the better.

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    That said, Zack and Miri Make a Porno is the ultimate embodiment of Kevin Smith's cock = comedy philosophy. It's pure comedy. But the thing about Smith is that he also has the unique ability to find the tenderest of emotions in the most profane of situations, and that talent is what makes Zack and Miri Make a Porno more than just a one-note dirty joke. Not that there aren't a lot of dirty jokes working here. There are. A LOT. Frequently. Mostly.

    The Zack and Miri in question (Rogen and Elizabeth Banks) have been best friends forever and roommates for the 10 years since they graduated from high school. There is nothing they don't know about each other, and nothing they can't discuss with one another, including their preferred sex toys. Platonic friends, it is important to note because that's all about to change, but it takes more than just a moment of hormonal weakness and the cable being out. It takes a 10-year high school reunion, the revelation that Miri's crush is now the significant other of a gay porn star, and the video taken surreptitiously of Miri in her granny panties to all coalesce just as the duo have their power and water cut off for non-payment.

    Zack, who has spent 10 years whipping up espresso drinks at the local coffee house, is not what is characterized as bright, but he is suddenly focused for the first time in his slacker life and that's when the idea is born as they burn their unpaid bills in a garbage can in their living room to keep warm. They will make a porno in which they will star, sell it to the class mailing list, which will not only get them out of debt, but it will also get them a decent apartment. It gets more complicated than that. Zack's hen-pecked and racially touchy co-worked at Bean N Gone will front the money for the camera in exchange for a share of the profits and a chance to audition the, ahem, talent (he's just going to look, really). Local strippers will add their distinctive and novel talents to the action, and hockey player with anger management issues will record it all. As Zack puts it in a burst of innocence, naïveté and zeal that is what got pretty much every filmmaker into the business and then into trouble, it's a movie, what could go wrong?

    The film they're making is pornographic, and so are the auditions and planning, but the relationship between Zack and Miri is so honest, so accepting, that it's not just admirable, it's enviable. When they finally do have sex for the camera, of course it turns out differently than planned. None of the talking they did beforehand about it matters. Of course by then the audience is so emotionally invested in these amiable folks that they're rooting for them to realize that they're the ones they have been waiting for. As for the rest of the cast, including Smith veteran Jason Mewes and porn-legend Traci Lords, they are quirky, but so matter-of-fact about what they're doing with dildos and soap bubbles and fiercely simulated penetration, that it somehow doesn't come across as dirty. Mostly.

    Smith never makes it sentimental, but he nails the emotions with a deft touch. It's not what Zack and Miri say to each other, it's how Rogen and Banks say it and how Smith can turn a particularly inept moment from a very low-rent porno into the stuff of which true romance is made. And how a look can change everything, and another one change everything again. On the other end of the spectrum, he lards the film with political incorrectness, making sport of the pretension and the opportunism of it. His women are empowered, even if some of them are naked, yet there is no one in this film with an ego complex, except maybe Brandon, the gay porn star played by Justin Long in a performance that takes camp and true passion into unexpected, wonderful territories. They're all nobodies trying to get by and maybe grab just a little piece of the American Dream. Or at least be able to take a shower at home again.

    Zack and Miri Make a Porno celebrates friendship, sexuality, and true love without making them mutually exclusive. What makes it a pithy and piquant delight is that it does so by using the sort of idioms that raise the highest hackles among the self-righteous keepers of public morals. The juxtaposition is breathtaking and oddly refreshing. This ain't a romance novel, but it is the most romantic film involving porno that's ever been made.
  • TheMachinist
    July 23, 2009
    TheMachinist
    "Nobody wants to see us fuck, Zack!
    - Everybody wants to see anybody fuck. I hate Rosie O'Donell, but if somebody said "I got a tape of Rosie O'Donell getting fucked stupid", I'd be like "Why the fuck aren't we watching that right now?"

    And here's a new movie from my favourite ...( read more)less profitable director, Kevin Smith! There's not a single film that he has made that I didn't like. Smith has made such masterpieces as 'Clerks' and 'Chasing Amy', with good runner up's like 'Mallrats' and 'Clerks II'. The dialogue that he writes to his movies are nothing but perfect, most of the time. It's original, obscene and realistic. Just the way I like it.

    'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' comes very close of being one of his best works. The film's main characters are Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks), surprise!, an odd couple that has lived together for 10 years but never dated each other. Friends since school, so why make it more difficult? But the thing is that they're out of money, bills aren't getting paid so what to do? How 'bout making a porno film? Will sex change their relationship?

    Seth Rogen is now one of the biggest names in comedy films. His improvised, or so it seems, way to act suits me more than fine. His characters are always very likable, although they may be a bit obscene type of losers. But he always manages to make his characters funny and sentimental. Elizabeth Banks is a talented actress, whose star is on the rise. After playing a minor role in the 'Spider-Man' movies, she has also managed to get hold of good roles in light comedies and some serious movies. One to look after in the future..

    Kevin Smith has managed to get a really nice supporting cast to the film. My favourite Smith guy is in the film, Jason Mewes. He doesn't play Jay in this one but still succeeds in being funny as hell and steal every scene he's in! I even learned something from him and that's the Dutch Rudder...

    "Let us fuck!"

    Other notable performers are Craig Robinson and especially Justin Long, who does a short appearence with Brandon Routh as a gay couple ('Superman Returns') at the beginning of the film and then manages to steal the show completely! His low voice and improvised acting is one performance to remember.

    "Baby, I thought maybe for one second in this God forsaken town I could be myself! I'm so sorry, you're right, I should just butch up and pretend that I don't love to shove your dick in my mouth!"

    But what would this film be without real porn actresses like porn legend Tracy Lords and Katie Morgan? Good performances, fit the movie really well, and it seems like they've had a nice time making the movie. Porn is more or less becoming more mainstream so it's kinda reasonable that the adult film performers try to get roles from "serious" films.

    With 'Dogma', Kevin Smith got the church all over him by giving the role of God to Alanis Morissette. With this film, many were offended by the title and original poster. WTF? So it's not ok to print the word porno on the title but it's ok to show graphic violence instead? What's wrong with these in-the-closet-in-the dark wankers? This film doesn't emphasize or idolize porno in any way. The dialogue may be obscene and there's some nudity, but I've seen and heard worse (dialogue). Not as funny though..

    Those of you who may feel a bit uncomfortable by the subject and crude sexual references might wanna stick to lame bullshit comedies. But I wanna tell you that this film contains some warmth and sweetness that may come as a surprise to those prejudices viewers. Those who have an open mind to all matters, especially obscene dialogue and scenes, will surely have one hell of a time, even though everybody knows what the end will bring. In the end, this is a love story...
  • blackcecily
    February 7, 2010
    blackcecily
    wasnt expecting much from this movie but then i really liked it its different then most comedies I was genuinelly surprised and thought it was quite commical
  • staup2005
    February 7, 2010
    staup2005
    Great chemistry and one of Rogen's funniest films! Tons of hilarious scenario's, Traci Lords is a plus!
  • mannjess
    February 6, 2010
    mannjess
    Actually pretty good. Sweeter than I expected, and there were a few parts I laughed at. Not quite typical for Seth Rogen (though similar).
  • dyronwhite
    February 3, 2010
    dyronwhite
    Not the best from my favorite director Kevin Smith, but it's still a laugh riot in the right places.
  • felyisaflygyal
    February 1, 2010
    felyisaflygyal
    It was weird....... and kind of grosss no not what u think there is a scene where a girl washes her hair in the toilet and a woman takes a dump on a guys face..... i wanted to puke after that

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Critic Reviews

November 14, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

I won't spoil the twist by revealing it, though you may not want to spoil the film by sitting through it. My suggestion, not wholly frivolous: see the first hour, then go to the pub. full review

October 31, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com

Maybe the funniest movie I've seen all year. Surprisingly smart, raunchy, even sweet. full review

October 31, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The jokes are forced, almost mechanical, in their crudeness. They're so carefully placed that they feel a little precious rather than spontaneous, which ends up defying that impulsive, animal thing in... full review

October 31, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

Despite all the waggish raunch-talk, it's just not especially funny. And despite all the agile intercourse (originally rated NC-17), it's frankly kind of a bore. full review

October 31, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Zack and Miri Make a Porno, in spite of its lewdness, follows a gee-whiz romantic-comedy formula that would not be out of place on the Disney Channel.

October 30, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

It's a funny concept whose execution does not live up to its potential. full review

October 30, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Rogen and Banks, both terrific, bring out the sweet and spicy best in each other. full review

October 30, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Will this movie offend you? Somehow Kevin Smith's very excesses defuse the material. full review

October 29, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press

While Zack and Miri obviously parallels Smith's own piddling career endeavors, it also exposes his filmmaking inadequacies. full review

October 27, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

It's written and directed by Kevin Smith -- and hats off to him for being savvy enough to go for a piece of the Apatow action! Too bad he doesn't rise to the occasion. full review

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  • michellefortuin
    May 25, 2009
    michellefortuin
    It was nice, but I thought it would be more fun. There are better comedies. Some things were really funny, but other things were kinda dirty actually as well I think :P
  • karlwortley
    March 1, 2009
    karlwortley
    she was also the brunette secretary in the spiderman movies! Betty Brandt
  • desiree0879
    February 27, 2009
    desiree0879
    I enjoyed this movie immensely! As a Pittsburgh area native, I enjoyed Kevin Smith's attempt to make a movie set in Pittsburgh really feel like Pittsburgh! I got all the laughs I expected of a Seth Rogan flick. This movie was definitely worth watching.
  • chrismid259
    September 11, 2008
    chrismid259
    Nutcase. Haha. She was also in Meet Dave.
  • JamieexBebe
    August 19, 2008
    JamieexBebe
    I CANT FN WAIT TO SEE THIS ! especially since Seth is Zack and that nutcase from 40 year old virgin is Miri. I love how the cast are all friends its friken awes.
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