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Most people have a fairly fixed idea in their minds about what a rom-com is; this isn't what most people would have in mind. But a rom-com is what this movie is in the end; if you accept that pretty early you will find it much easier to enjoy than the rather mixed critical write-ups have perhaps suggested. But bear in mind, this is a rom-com filtered through the eyes of Kevin Smith, so if you don't like a geek-filled swearfest, be warned :)

Zack and Miri have been friends since first grade. They live together in an apartment in Monroeville and struggle through dead-end jobs to make ends meet,more… though the unpaid bills are steadily piling up.

Things come to a head on the night of their high-school reunion (the night before thanksgiving), which begins with their power and water being cut off. It doesn't help that Miri has already become an unwitting viral internet video star, because of her `granny pants'. Once at the reunion the pair are reminded of their less than happy and stellar high-school careers, especially when Miri crashes and burns spectacularly in trying to proposition her teenage crush, Bobby Long. He turns out to be not only gay but there with his partner, a gay porn star. It's he who first puts the seed of making a porno film in Zack's mind.

Faced with being both homeless and destitute at thanksgiving, both Zack and a reluctant Miri decide that dignity is no longer an option for them, and that they should try making a porn film to make some money.

So it is that Zack and Miri round up a motley crew to finance and star in their movie. Zack's coffee shop workmate, Delaney, fronts some money and acts as producer on a promise of 'seeing some titties'. They also find cameraman Deacon; Bubbles, who has a neat trick learned for bachelor parties; Lester; pole dancer Stacy and Barry, who certainly comes out of his shell as the film progresses.

After some deliberation the gang find a studio and prepare to make their magnum opus: Star Whores, before disaster strikes and their set is demolished just as they are about to begin. After much agonising Zack realises (as happened in real life as Smith filmed Clerks) that his workplace is the perfect setting for a porn film and, even better, is a low-cost solution to their problem.

And everything goes fine until Zack and Miri have to film their scene together. That's when the complications start...

The first thing to be said is that if you don't like Kevin Smith's other stuff, it's a fair bet to say this film won't light up your world. If you do, you'll love it. It has all of those Smith elements in spades: great dialogue, all those geek references and potty-mouthed and puerile humour. Underneath, however, is a rather sweet rumination on male/female friendships. Superficially, it looks as if the relationship between Zack and Miri is ridiculous and not believable, especially because Miri is very attractive. However, fairly early on it is established that these two have been together as friends through some difficult and traumatic childhood and teenage years, so they have an extermely strong bond between them. Rogen and Banks do manage to translate that chemistry: it really does work and you really do want them to just admit that they should be together. Jason Mewes is a riot as Lester, the instantly and permanently priapic satyromaniac and Jeff Anderson, who is on the end (no pun intended) of a truly gross and hilarious anal sex gag (possibly the movie's single biggest laugh).

This film won't change the world, but supplementing the stock Smith crudity and proilixity, there is a rather sweet and touching film. I loved it.

Oh yeah, and if you watch it, make sure you watch *right until* the end.

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DVD

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English

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R2

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Widescreen

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Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2009) WS R2 Retail DVD

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