Zack and Miri Make a Porno

My partner and I rented this thinking it was going to be funny.

Well, the dialog was bad. It was like a film school student trying to write a Judd Apatow script. Seriously, most of the dialog brings the movie to a crashing halt because they just ramble on in such an artificial way.

The whole situation of them losing their power and water because they haven't paid their bills is so artificial. Neither one of them even react to the situation the way normal people would. Follow that up with the obvious set-up as to how they are going to fund the film (their friend just happened to be saving up for a widescreen TV..and wow, just like that, he hands them a LITERAL WAD OF CASH.)

We have Traci Lords in a film about making a Porno...har har har! Can we get any more obvious?

Then the movie switches into Romantic Comedy mode...thats right. We get the overly used, "OMG, we slept with each other, so what does that mean? " plot stolen directly from "When Harry Met Sally." The problem is, THERE IS NO CHEMISTRY HERE! They tried the "Best Friend" conversation at the beginning of the film, that falls flat and sounds like they're reciting from a bad script, so their sexual attraction just isn't believable.

Finally, let me skip to the nail in this films coffin: the "This porno needs an ending" speech from his friend that pushes him into giving her one last chance...and their final scene ends with the romantic music and happy ending flair..I was waiting for the Slow Clap from the film, "Lucas." :)

Kevin Smith, I now crown you as the George Lucas of comedy. Whatever it was you once had, you've lost.