2 ½ stars to 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

The latest from writer-director Kevin Smith , “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” is a raunch-heavy comedy. The story revolves around two childhood friends who decide to make a dirty movie together. What compels them to do so and how they fall in love along the way expresses the comic as well as satirical character of the movie.

Zack and Miri played Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks met in kindergarten. They share a platonic love as well as a room since high school, which is a decade ago. Their room  nearly shanty, infested by rats is a rented accommodation in Pittsburgh.  Both work at a franchise coffee shop. Both Zack and Miri are presented to be underachievers.

The situation in their life worsens when their water and electricity is swapped due to unpaid bills. It is here that the director brings into play the famous saying ‘Necessity is the mother of invention. Zack comes up with a plan to earn fast bucks. He thinks of filming a porn with Miri and sell it to friends and fellow alums. They shoot their hard-core version of "Star Wars" at the Starbucksian coffee shop where they work. 

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