You can normally tell when a movie is going to be awful in various ways, one of those is if the advertising for the film is actually forced to change the title of the movie in the adverts. The title of this movie enraged advertisers so much due to the word Porno, it was removed from posters and TV spots so the movie was referred to as Zack & Miri.
There aren't any big names to speak of in the cast (I think Jason Mewes better known from Jay & Silent Bob was the only cast member whose name I knew, no shock he got a part in this as Kevin Smith wrote & directed this) although I did recognise the name of Traci Lords for all the wrong reasons.
The 2 main roles of Zack (Seth Rogen) & Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are complete unknowns to me, I don't recall Rogen from SuperBad at all which is probably a good thing for him as I hated the movie.
Zack & Miri are friends who share a house, he works in a coffee shop (you can't tell of she has a job but I assume not) but they are both struggling to pay their bills. She forces him to attend their 10th High School Reunion (where I recognised Kenny Hotz from Kenny vs Spenny) as she wants to meet Bobby the captain of the football team (who turns out to be gay and his partner is a gay porn star).
Bobbys boyfriend shows Zack & Miri they are internet stars (after 2 kids shot mobile phone video of Miri undressing & Zack showing his ass) and their water and power gets turned off then the idea for making porn is mooted by Miri. Zack eventually suggests himself as her porno partner but his way of asking her totally sounds like he wants her to be a hooker.
Zack persuades his co-worker Delaney to produce and finance them and a local landlord (in the shape of Horror Legend Tom Savini!) gives them a lock-up to use as a studio. The audition scenes are pretty funny as is the list of spoof movie names they suggest.
I did eventually recognise Jason Mewes (after they suggest Star Whores as their title) but only because he was wearing a wooly hat. The costume test sequence is pretty funny and its very Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy that their studio is demolished and Zack realises they can use the coffee shop as a set.
After 1 successful night of shooting Zack & Miri have to face up to their 1st sex scene which is also their 1st sexual encounter which turns out to be a majorly awful and the most unsexy thing possible (I wholeheartedly agree with Delaneys comment) but is viewed as the greatest sex ever from Miri & Zacks point of view (it made me assume it was her 1st sexual experience).
The other members of the film cast club together and pay for a month of their light, heat and water so they can have a wrap party (despite the fact the movie isn't actually completed) and one of the porn actresses asks if she can have sex with Zack before they film a scene the following day which he does to the surprise of Miri.
Zack & Miri argue and its pretty evident they both have an emotional attachment and neither of them can cope with the other one having sex with anyone else. Its clear both of them have issues and Zack walks out on the film and leaves the shared apartment.
3 months later (according to the graphic) and Delaney tracks down Zack in a shitty job to ask him to write the end to the porno. Zack discovers Miri hadn't had sex with anyone else and goes to Miri to confess his real feelings, that he loves her. Lesters scenes in the apartment are totally bizarre (why would anyone want to see Jason Mewes naked?) and the obvious outcome is they hook up.
Your are left wondering if the porno ever gets finished or sold and Kevin Smith uses the end credits to shill every product that he has anything to do with online. Generally this is a moderately awful movie with some funny moments that raise it from being truly dire.
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