*Posted December 31, 2008*
Yes, this was released months ago, but I didn't bother checking it out in theaters. Despite Seth Rogen's efforts, Zack & Miri is a fresh and funny twist on the bland rom-com formula. Kevin Smith brings the crude and vulgar humor (seems a lot more like Clerks than the stinky Clerks II). Judd Apatow supplies some of his regular crew (Rogen blows, but Craig Robinson is hilarious). Everybody wins. The story is about two life long platonic friends living together in poverty (and in MONROEVILLE!!!!!!). They can't pay the bills, so they decide to make a porno, but will their sex just be sex (obviously not)? The Star Whores porno idea is brilliant (starring Lube Skyballer, Hung Solo, Princess Lay-her, Darth Vibrator and R2-Teabag) but the comedy as a whole is hit and miss. Kevin Smith knows that Knocked Up caught a lot of flak because no one buys that a fatass like Seth Rogen could easily land a hottie, so this time around, he makes Elizabeth Banks' character kind of a desperate slut. I'm still not buying it. Their relationship is dumb, and the movie is forced to stand on its jokes and gags. Most of them are at least humorous, which is great, but I'm inclined to rate this movie higher because it's set outside of PITTSBURGH!!! The opening shot of the movie is Miri getting out of bed, wearing a vintage Pens jersey. Zack has a Pens jersey hanging on the wall! A drunk guy blabbers on about the Steelers and R-rr-Roethlisberger!!!! THERES A SCENE IN MONROEVILLE MALL!!! That kind of stuff had me geeking out, so I would gladly watch this one again.
B-
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