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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks,
Traci Lords, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
The Weinstein Company |
| Web Site: |
www.zackandmiri.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
For the love of
your children, and their love of cake, keep them away. |
| Date Movie: |
Only if she likes
Kevin Smith (or Judd Apatow) movies. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
It's about making
a porno. Duh. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nope. |
| Action: |
Nope. |
| Laughs: |
Only if you like
Kevin Smith (or Judd Apatow) movies. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Frosting a cake. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
The more I think
about it, there are many more than just the "frosting a
cake" scene. |
| Directed By: |
Kevin Smith |
| Produced By: |
Scott Mosier |
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Zack and Miri
Make a Porno
A Movie Review |
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I won't explain why, but I may never look at a chocolate
frosted cake the same way ever again. In any case the movie
is "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," and Kevin Smith is back
with some of his normal cast of characters, some extras, and
a lot of laughs, especially if you like them in a raunchy, romantic,
making a porno out of shear necessity kind of way. Here are
the story basics...
Seth Rogen is Zack and Elizabeth Banks is Miri. They have
been lifelong friends, are living platonically together, and
fine, so I'm giving something away, but if you can't guess
that somehow Zack and Miri love each other and end up
together from the opening scene, well, why are you watching
movies, anyway? Anyway they both haven't excelled much in
the ten years from high school, but it's time for their
reunion and Zack's goal is to try to sleep with anyone who
will have him, while Miri is dead set on making the moves on
the football jock she always "loved." As things go, they are
also out of money for their water bill, the electric bill,
and are looking to get booted for not paying their rent, but
due to some career paths people in the high school class
have chosen, the decision is made that to get their lives
out of debt and back on solid footing, well, they could make
a porno together, which already has a built in fan-base
thanks to an earlier YouTube video of Miri in her Granny
Panties.
Enlisting the "producing" help of coworker Delaney (Craig
Robinson), suddenly a rag-tag group of people, including
Jason Mewes as Lester and Traci Lords as Bubbles, embark on
making "Star Whores," only to see their hopes and dreams
destroyed with a morning wrecking crew. Not to be dismayed, Zack comes
up with a coffee shop themed porn for the crew to make, and
as filmmaking, sex, and blatant nudity go on, sure enough
the Zack/Miri story builds to a head, interferes with the
movie production, but this is a romantic comedy, albeit a
raunchy romantic comedy, so in the end our couple gets
together, okay, actually get together again, the porno gets
made, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Sure, things aren't that simple, but this is a Kevin
Smith movie through and through, in every sense of the rated
"R" way, so if you are easily offended, especially by
nudity, foul language, or seeing your Mac guy as a gay dude,
you had better stay away. Me, I'm not offended by any
of those things, and love Kevin Smith's style of humor, so I
loved "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." The acting is just
enough of what you need for this kind of movie, but kudos to
Jason Mewes ratcheting things up a notch while even Brandon
Routh, yup, that's right, Superman, has a fun role.
Some people, including my BFF, seemed to be getting
turned off by the "Make a Porno" part of the title, but
really, at its core, this movie is a romantic comedy. Sure,
it's a romantic comedy where we learn what a "Dutch rudder"
is,
but it's still a romantic comedy.
I loved this movie, and with Kevin Smith being involved,
I so can't wait for the unrated DVD version of this movie to
see what his original vision for this movie was, knowing it
was probably hacked to shreds by the ratings folks. In any
case, for me it's 4 1/2 stars out of 5 for "Zack and Miri
Make a Porno," even if I may never eat a chocolate, frosted
cake ever again.
That's it for this one! I'm The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
