Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)Kevin Smith will likely be compared to Judd Apatow with this film, considering it contains the same raunchy humor, identical casting, and surprisingly endearing romantic side plot. And, it would be completely appropriate: Zack and Miri was a laugh-out-loud hilarious, superbly acted film with some of the most relateable characters in film today. Seriously, who wouldn't want Zack and Miri as friends?
In Zack and Miri, two best friends, down on their financial luck, gather up a team of unlikely heroes to make a porno. That plot, however, is only a device to bring together an unconventional romantic comedy between two refreshingly normal people.
Even though Smith has been doing this brand of movie for years before the Apatow gang, hopefully this one will finally bring him mainstream success.
The only critique I have of this extremely funny film is that the long-term friendship between Zack and Miri was not developed quite enough. I would have appreciated a little more character development. With a little more backstory, or a few more illustrative scenes of their special bond, it would have been all the easier to root for the two of them, or to understand how they went from giving each other a hard time about going to the bathroom with the door cracked to being in love.
However, Zack and Miri are still quite sympathetic and, most importantly, hilarious. It has all the makings of a modern comedy hit. Fans of both Smith and Apatow will love it.
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