Crazylove seemed like a perfect fractal image for a review of Zack And Miri Make a Porno. Read the review and you’ll see why.-
Writer-Director Kevin Smith has made raunchy, subversive movies like Clerks. He’s also made gooey romantic comedies such as Jersey Girl. With Zack And Miri Make A Porno he has somehow managed to craft a movie that is both a sweet romantic comedy and a raunchy, subversive sexfest.
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Barista (and generally loveable schlub) Zack (Seth Rogen in his 914th movie this year) has been happily living with luscious loser Miri (blonde hottie Elizabeth Banks). When their lights and water are shut off they decide to make an amateur porn flick figuring they could make enough money to get out of debt. They assemble as cast of equally-loveable losers and financed on a shoestring from money gotten from Zack’s fellow Barista Delaney (Craig Robinson). Will this band of misfits find friendship and even love with one another? Will they hit snags along with way? Will Zack and Miri finally admit they are more than friends? Will everything turn out sweet and wonderful in the end? You can probably guess. (Seeing the title pretty much describes the plot: there‘s nothing else that needs to be said.)
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Seth Rogen is in virtually every scene and he carries the movie (and where but the movies or TV could someone like Zack bag a total hottie like Miri?) Fine supporting performances are turned in by Banks and Robinson as well as long-time Kevin Smith collaborators Jeff Anderson (Deacon) and Jason Mewes (Lester). Blond boyish Ricky Mabe hardly looks old enough to SEE the movie (let alone get involved in everything he does.) Former adult film stars Traci Lords (Bubbles--and I‘m not going to share how she got that name!) and Katie Morgan get most of the nude action (and grosses jokes.) “Superman” Brandon Routh and “Apple Guy” Justin Long play gay lovers and high school classmates of Zack and Miri (who inadvertently get the whole idea of making a porno rolling.)
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Zack And Miri.. is a very “hard” R (pun intended). The language is strong enough to make a sailor blush and plenty of nudity (including things we don’t want to see). As one might expect there’s also a lot of very graphic behavior. The plot is pretty standard (but one doesn’t go to a movie like this for deep story points.) Robyn and I both cringed as often as we laughed out loud (and we DID laugh a lot.) This is NOT a “family” movie even in the most-remote sense of the word and those of delicate sensibilities should avoid it (and not even go see a moving playing in a nearby theater: it’s that graphic.) Still, if you can handle “blue” material you’ll probably have a good time.
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FINAL GRADE: B+
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