Titles are a very important thing to a movie. This one alone made you decide to read the review with cautious curiosity or an expected shaking of the head. With sexual content right up there with The 40-Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up (if not worse), and the word ‘porno’ in the title, it’ll be hard to convince anybody to look past their barriers to see this film.
My stance is not to convince you to see this because frankly, you know what you can or can’t handle. I’ve been a fan of the controversial director, Kevin Smith, for a long time. Not so much because of his ability to write dialogue that even makes Tarantino blush, but because he adds a real-life feeling to his films that tackle hard-hitting issues like religion and homosexuality. Ok, not all the time (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), but he does always try to entertain.
Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks (both extremely good here) play long-time best friends and roommates who find themselves not being able to pay their bills. So what’s the simple solution you ask? They make a porno! Yes, Smith uses the set up to poke fun at the industry and probably provide a platform for jokes he always wanted to use, but he once again brings intimate and sweet moments to his raunchy world (which he’s done long before the Apatow crew became famous for this).
It sounds crazy to say this considering the context, but Smith, his core group of actors and the story are very reigned in, and in a way they have become adults who still like to have fun (especially compared to Smith’s Mallrats). Along with this and a scene that I think really demonstrates how important love is to sex and how it can go the complete opposite way when abused, this was a very funny, touching (no pun attended) and well-made film. Just make sure you pray and repent afterwards…
I give Zack and Miri 4 out of 5 awkward high school reunions.
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