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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008 102 min United States of America R 18+
★6.4
Comedy, Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
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Description
Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.
Budget:
$24M
US Gross:
$31.46M
Worldwide:
$42.11M
Starring
Seth Rogen
Actor
Elizabeth Banks
Actor
Craig Robinson
Actor
Awards
2 wins & 4 nominations total
Key opinion
Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a polarizing romantic comedy that balances raunchy, explicit humor with a sincere, character-driven love story. While many viewers appreciate the chemistry between leads Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, opinions on the film's success vary significantly based on individual tolerance for its vulgar premise.
| Acting | The leads, Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, deliver grounded and charismatic performances that make the central relationship believable. | |
| Screenplay | Kevin Smith successfully blends his signature witty, dialogue-heavy screenplay style with a surprisingly earnest romantic narrative. | |
| Humor | The humor is divisive; some find the raunchy, explicit jokes to be a hilarious and natural backdrop, while others perceive them as juvenile or crude. | |
| Theme | Reactions to the story's emotional core are split, with some finding it a heartwarming evolution of friendship, while others feel the romantic payoff is clichéd or poorly developed. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing and narrative execution are contested, with supporters praising its lively, character-focused rhythm and detractors calling it boring and aimless. |