Zack and Miri Make a Porno

R

Released Oct 31, 2008

1 hr. 41 min.

Romance

Comedy

List

65%

199 Reviews

Tomatometer

66%

100,000+ Ratings

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Lifelong friends and now roommates, Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are buried under a mountain of debt. When the electricity is turned off, they realize that desperate times call for desperate measures. They decide to make an adult film to raise some cash. Though they swear that having sex will not damage their friendship, their business proposition quickly turns into something much more.

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Critics Consensus

Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a modest success for Kevin Smith, due in large part to the charm of Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks.

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Alex G

Sometimes funny, but with no suspence. When it mattered the most, the movie couldn't hold it's promisse.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Gareth v

One of Kevin Smith's better movies. While some of jokes are predictable and immature, it is a funny movie on the whole and it does have some heart.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/18/23

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Philip Y

I had fun with this movie. It's a raunchy comedy with a believable romance that awakens between the friends in the movie's title over the course of the movie. Some of the performances of the supporting cast are better than others but they're all solid and the leads are good. I remember the film's marketing had me thinking this was yet another Apatow romp and thought this probably isn't Kevin Smith's greatest work it does feel like one of his movies more than I was expecting and overall I think it's pretty unique. And watching it in 2023 I'm surprised at how well it holds up its a product of its time and it does a few things that movies don't do anymore. But if it was being made today there are very few things they would have to do.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Stephen C

LOL, 1 hour: and 41 minutes of comic relief and pornography-making!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/01/23

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Audience Member

Pretty funny and entertaining movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/12/22

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Audience Member

It's kind of funny in spots, but it wears thin because it's the same humor over and over. The main problem with this movie is that it fails as a romantic comedy because the lead actor is homely and the whole screenplay is basically a fat, homely guy's fantasy of getting together with an attractive woman. All those scenes where Zack and MIri suddenly realize they love each other just comes off as extremely FAKE.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Elizabeth Banks

Miri

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Rated: 4/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Christine Champ

Film.com

All in all it's a modern-day, Kevin Smith fairytale: a big-screen bearing, perhaps, of his soul at its sincerest and wittiest, if not filthiest.

Rated: B+

May 6, 2011

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

There remain some scatological touches I am still trying to forget. It's all done with great glee, yet falls far short of being hilarious.

Feb 20, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Zack and Miri Make a Porno exposes Smith’s formula to its most naked structure, leaving his outline blatant and overexposed. We slowly realize that he’s been making the same movie over and over again: Sex comedies with surprising acumen and feeling.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 5, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Whether or not genuine romantic drama was intended, the end result just isn't that funny.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 28, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The View Askew universe is growing and Smith is becoming quite the filmmaker.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 27, 2020

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Synopsis

Lifelong friends and now roommates, Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are buried under a mountain of debt. When the electricity is turned off, they realize that desperate times call for desperate measures. They decide to make an adult film to raise some cash. Though they swear that having sex will not damage their friendship, their business proposition quickly turns into something much more.

Director: Kevin Smith
Executive Producer: Carla Gardini, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: View Askew Productions, Weinstein Company
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Dialogue|Pervasive Language|Strong Crude Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.5M

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