While this may not top Chasing Amy as Smith's cinematic high-water mark, it is the most solidly constructed and emotionally mature thing that he has done since that film and it is funny as hell to boot.
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10/30/08
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
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Reviews Counted:176
Fresh:114
Rotten:62
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a modest success for Kevin Smith, due in large part to the charm of Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks.
Theatrical Release:14-11-2008
Synopsis: As its explicit title suggests, Kevin Smith's ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO is a foul-mouthed and filthy film that probably isn't fit for the very young, the very old, or the easily offended. But for... [More]
Starring: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Traci Lords, Jason Mewes
Director: Kevin Smith
Reviews for Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Zack and Miri finds Smith more consistent than many of his contemporaries, especially in terms of focus.
10/30/08
Seth Rogen specializes in comedies where sex comes before love, a practicality that happens far more often on earth than in shiny, starry meet-cute romances.
10/30/08
It's a funny concept whose execution does not live up to its potential.
10/30/08
At 38, the grand old man of raunch talk has figured out how to make a movie that's sweet, funny and (a little) sexy.
10/30/08
Top Critic... filmdom's Everyman geek of a director is a goofy, gooey romantic at heart. Emphasis on the gooey.
10/30/08
It's a pleasant story, but not particularly well-told.
10/30/08
Zack and Miri Make a Porno offers more proof that Kevin Smith may have lost it. Whatever 'it' that he ever had in the first place.
10/30/08
The laughs are plentiful, the obscene observations witty and well delivered, for two-thirds of the running time. It gets soggy when the relationship becomes the focus.
10/30/08
Rogen and Banks, both terrific, bring out the sweet and spicy best in each other.
10/30/08
Smith’s new film proves that even though you may be able to take the boy out of Jersey, there’s still no chance of sidetracking the filmmaker’s dominant id.
10/30/08
It's all vintage Smith -- if you can say that about a 38-year-old -- just pushed a little further.
10/30/08
Banks has comedy chops to spare. Here she deftly projects Miri’s blend of sexiness and insecurity.
10/30/08
Just like good porn, the movie delivers scene after scene of tension and release, and you leave the theater happy. And maybe a little tired.
10/30/08
Smith ties the love story to the idea that his leads pull out of their life slump by embracing their creative, industrious sides.
10/30/08
Kevin Smith borrows Seth Rogen and a few other actors from the Judd Apatow stable for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, a blend that makes sense.
10/30/08
This one's for the Smith cultists.
10/30/08
The very R-rated Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a compulsively watchable comedy, balls-out (literally and figuratively) and kind of adorable, too.
10/30/08
Miri is vacuous effort that never soars as high as the plot promises, and soon gives way to rushing flood waters of formula that Smith has always been more than ready to slap around before.
10/30/08
The sudden sweetness Kevin Smith tries to force into the film feels especially false considering the nastiness that otherwise defines the movie.
10/30/08
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