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"Zack and Miri Make a Porno"
Starring: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Mewes, Craig Robinson, Jeff Anderson
***/****

I'm not sure where "Zack and Miri" ranks in director Kevin Smith's filmography, but this raunchy comedy with its unprecedented title, is a good hearted film with with lots and lots of vulgarity.

Zack and Miri are played by the already Hollywood A-listers, Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, who play best friend roomies who are strapped for cash. The title of the film doesnt hold back from what we actually see, Zack, Miri, and other do make a porno. There is a lot of the Kevin Smith low-brow humor and dialogue your mother would never approve of. There are many c-words, f-words, and p-words, but the cast is believable enough to pull this joke of a premise off in Kevin Smith film.

The film plays like a Judd Apatow production, Smith is known for using most of the same actors in his films. Jason Mewes and Jeff Anderson are two of the main cast members that can be seen in other Smith films. It's not Rogen, Banks, Mewews, or Anderson that steals the show, it's Craig Robinson who steals every scene as the under appreciated black husband to a demanding wife. All of his one-liners and jokes make the movie, along with Zack and Miri's somewhat believable relationship.

Can an attractive women like Miri actually fall in love with a bearded schlub like Zack? This movie would like to make you think so, and it does a fine job. The basic premise is for the most part predictable, the audience can see most things a mile a way, but the surprising dialogue and small camoes are what make the film go.

If you're looking for a good comedy with solid acting, "Zack and Miri" is the film too see, Rogen and Banks can sit back and watch themselves become big stars.