Miri (Elizabeth Banks) and Zack (Seth Rogen) are lifelong loser friends in the Pittsburgh outer burbs. They're broke and the water is shut off. At the high school reunion, Miri tries to hook up with school crush Bobby Long (Brandon Routh) but his gay boyfriend Brandon St. Randy (Justin Long) tells Zack that they're gay porn stars. A couple of teens secretly filmed Miri in her granny pantie and the video goes viral. Zack and a reluctant Miri agrees to make a porno with friends like Delaney (Craig Robinson) to make some money.

It's raunchy vulgarity going further than Apatow. Kevin Smith is trying to hit a narrow target of sweet rom-com and raunchy sex romp. The best parts are the great comic actors Banks, Rogen and the rest of the cast. Although, it's hard to see Banks as a loser. Maybe she needs to be smoking lots of pot to fit the role. Rogen fits the lovable loser role like a glove. There are some awkwardness with the subject matter although the porn video names are funny.

The losers Zack Brown (Seth Rogen) and Miriam "Stinky" Linky (Elizabeth Banks) are friends since high-school and share an apartment with many unpaid bills. In a reunion party, they find that the former high-school star and crush of Miri is a porn actor of gay movies and they decide to make a porn to pay their bills. They cast the actors, actresses and crew, and Zack writes the screenplay. After having sex with Miri in the shooting, the platonic love of Zack changes to a deep love.

"Zack and Miri Make a Porn" is the nearest that I could expect from Kevin Smith for a love story or a romantic comedy. And it works perfectly! The story has many jokes, and Tracy Lords acting as Bubbles is hilarious considering the background of the beginning of the career of this charming actress. In spite of being a fan of Kevin Smith, this movie overcame my expectations. My vote is eight.

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Director Kevin Smith makes a slacker buddy porn comedy in Zack and Miri make a Porno. Zack and Miri are good friends living in a run down flat and not having enough money to pay the rent and bills and decide to make a porn film to roll in the cash, an idea they got after they met a former school friend at a High School reunion who revealed he was a gay porn star.

Smith makes the film rude and crude but deep inside is a sweet love story as Zack and Miri find out that they have a romantic tingling for each other which is more than just sex for the camera.

The film is amusing enough helped by the good chemistry between Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen although the film is prudish showing nude scenes with Banks. Craig Robinson provides amusing support. There are enough pop culture references and Smith regulars popping up to keep his fans happy.