I don't know how objective I'm capable to be when it comes to Kevin Smith movies, but to me this was awesome. Essentially, this is classic romance comedy, but wrapped in completely unusual package. Politically incorrect, vulgar, perverse, and most of all fun. I'm sorry I didn't see it back when it was released, cause I would know it by heart by now. Roommates and best friends since childhood, Zack and Miri, have seemingly hopeless financial troubles, so they decide to get back on their feet by making a porno. If I still didn't persuade you to see this flick, I will just say that lead roles in their porno, beside of course themselves, play Jason Mewes, Katie Morgan and Traci Lords. Now, if you have no idea who are at least some of the legends I mentioned above, then you shouldn't watch this movie and feel free to continue living under your puritan rock. :P9/10

This movie have good actors and actress, well written, good comedy, and good acting. Now I'm not saying this is perfect but it's enjoyable as fans of Seth Rogan. Overall this movie is good. Criag Robertson is also good too I forgot to mention.Score: 8.5/10

Though comedies are usually not my cup of tea when it comes to film, I've usually always been impressed by the work of Seth Rogen and the persona he has been able to cultivate on-screen. Unfortunately, "Zack and Miri Make A Porno" proves that a great director can be a comedian's best friend...or worst enemy.For a basic plot summary, this movie tells the story of Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks), two people living together trying to make ends meet. When it begins to become clear that the ends will never meet, Zack hatches a plan to make some quick dough...a home-made porno film.This movie is primarily an example of how you can't just "let a comedian loose" on film. Under the direction of, say, Judd Apatow in "Knocked Up", Rogen was brilliant because the stories going on around him were also interesting. The same can be said (though to a lesser extent) for the more recent "Neighbors". In "Zack & Miri", however, there is nothing interesting that happens in this movie AT ALL. Rogen is expected to carry the entire film and he can't manage such a feat alone.This is truly a terrible movie that was an utter waste of time from beginning to end. On top of the candidate list for one of the worst flicks I've seen in a number of years. Watch some of the aforementioned Rogen efforts instead if you are craving some juvenile humor. Stay away from this one at ALL COSTS!

Kevin Smith's first film not to take place in his beloved New Jersey, this is an extremely funny and sometimes touching film. As with the lacklustre "Jersey Girl", it is not set in the View Askewniverse and, as such, Jay and Silent Bob are conspicuously absent. However, with its colourful characters and very raunchy dialogue, it could have very easily fit into that universe. Smith has always had a flair for hilarious dialogue and that is certainly on display here. His direction is not on the same level as it was in "Clerks II", his best directed (if not his best written) film. However, it is still very good, particularly during the filming of the porno. As regards the porno scenes themselves, they are unsurprisingly among the funniest scenes in the film. The shades of bondage were a little weird but, after the "interspecies erotica" involving the donkey in "Clerks II", they seemed mild comparatively speaking! The film stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as Zack Brown and Miri Linky, a pair of 28-year-old best friends of 20 years' standing who share a charming little hovel of an apartment in Monroeville, Pittsburgh. They both have stable employment but they are chronically short of cash to the extent that they have not paid their electricity and water bills in months. Both of these essential services are turned off on the day before Thanksgiving. So much for the milk of human kindness. At their high school reunion, they learn that the boyfriend of Miri's former crush (whom she hoped to seduce through the power of her alcohol-fueled chitchat, among other things) is a gay porn star. In order to solve their dire financial straits, and having realised the title of the film, they decide to make a pornographic film, as you do. As they embark upon this noble enterprise, the fact that a video of Miri wearing granny panties went viral is as encouraging to Zack as is humiliating to her. They intended to make a titillating sci-fi masterpiece entitled "Star Whores" spoofing a particular film franchise of which Smith is very fond. However, when the building containing their makeshift film studio is unexpectedly demolished and their equipment destroyed, they are forced to improvise and shoot a coffee shop themed porno in Zack's workplace after hours.I have never really been a big fan of Seth Rogen or the Judd Apatow genre that made his name but he is very good here. Elizabeth Banks is an excellent actress and gives the best performance in the film as Miri, a sweet, kind, genuine young woman who is looking for happiness. In spite of their agreement that they will not allow the fact that they are going to have sex with each other to change things between them, their initially very awkward sex scene is far more than merely a show for the camera and they realise that they are in love. Perhaps they have been years but neither of them consciously realised it. Admittedly, it is not an entirely original or unexpected development as, firstly, Zack and Miri are clearly made for each other from the first scene and, secondly, I have seen films other than this one. However, the most important thing when it comes to such material is that it is handled well and that is certainly the case here. Smith has a knack for writing heartfelt speeches and Zack's profession of his love for Miri is a surprisingly touching one, something which is helped by the fact that Rogen and Banks have great chemistry.Making his first appearance in one of Smith's films playing a character other than Jay, Jason Mewes is very funny as the admittedly highly similar character Lester, a borderline - or maybe not quite so borderline - sex pest and a very enthusiastic participant in the porno film. He is known as Lester the Molester and that is before he finds out that he can choose his own porn name! However, Lester is not quite as funny as Jay as, on this occasion, he does not have get the lion's share of the best lines. Aside from a brief cameo by Smith's wife Jennifer Schwalbach, the only other View Askewniverse alumnus to appear in the film is Jeff Anderson, who is likewise very funny as the cameraman Deacon. Much of the film's funniest material goes to Craig Robinson as Zack's other best friend, co-worker and the porno's producer Delaney. One of his best moments is when he objects to being asked to work on Black Friday as he believes that its name is highly offensive to him as a black man. He then proceeds to ask his employer if he thinks that he owns him. The film also has great cameos from Brandon Routh as Miri's old crush Bobby Long (who is still in the closet), Justin Long as his out and proud gay porn star boyfriend Brandon St. Randy, Gerry Bednob as Zack and Delaney's boss Mr. Surya and Tisha Campbell-Martin as Delaney's frightening wife. I swear that I did not make any of those actors' names up! Overall, this is a terrifically funny film with some tender moments and well-observed commentary on society, all of which I have come to expect from Kevin Smith's very sharp writing.