Zack and Miri Make a Porno Reviews
TheShiznit.co.uk
Some may tire of Smith's template of toilet humour and tits, but to others, those very same qualities are a guarantee of entertainment. Love him or hate him, Kevin Smith isn't afraid to hit new lows to get new laughs.
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| Original Score: 3/5
East Bay Express
Smith's film is nothing more or less than a routine romantic comedy in an unaccustomed wrapper.
Digital Spy
Kevin Smith's latest offering provides a constant stream of laughs throughout its duration, but crucially fails to nail the emotional realism it tries so hard to achieve.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticAll 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.
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| Original Score: B+
Matt's Movie Reviews
Kevin Smith has placed a black mark on an otherwise solid filmography by selling himself short in a bid to shock new viewers and win back old ones with Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
NPR.org
Married, a father and pushing 40, Smith is no longer a trustworthy chronicler of 20-something slackers. He still can devise an impressively gamy set piece, but he's misplaced the humanity of his best work.
Boston Phoenix
Kevin Smith's ear for raunch is as piquant as ever, but he's moved beyond his usual unconvincing leads to Judd Apatow regulars Rogen and Craig Robinson.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Washington Times
There are a number of gut-bustingly funny individual scenes, but the narrative as a whole lacks thematic cohesion.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Cinema em Cena
Ainda que Smith continue a exibir sua compulsão em escrever diálogos que usam a escatologia e os palavrões como forma barata (e ineficaz) de humor, o filme é um grande avanço em relação aos seus três últimos péssimos trabalhos.
| Original Score: 3/5
Triple J
Zack and Miri may be a gross-out movie, but it's a damn clever one.
MovieTime, ABC Radio National
This explicit gross-out comedy is so scared of being too naughty, it seeks refuge in a very 'nice' love story. The result isn't funny or edgy.
FILMINK (Australia)
While the jokes are admittedly very funny, they're constantly offset by a tumbling waterfall of schmaltz.
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The most dirty-minded date movie of all time.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
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.
The Age (Australia)
A well-meaning, foul-mouthed misfire.
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| Original Score: 2/5
The Australian
In a strangely perverse way -- and thanks to the solid performances of the two leads -- the love story of Zack and Miri is more touching than you might expect, given the film's grungy setting and essentially sordid theme.
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| Original Score: 3/5
At the Movies (Australia)
An R-rated film which is rude, crude and disgusting-- and yet strangely sweet and sentimental.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Urban Cinefile
It's crude and rude but there's something endearingly innocent about Kevin Smith's aptly titled comedy in which a dabble in porn becomes a mother of a funny set up
Window to the Movies
Doesn't represent much movement from where Smith had placed himself with Clerks II, which means what you felt about the previous should be about the same as what you'd feel about the latest.
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| Original Score: 7/10
NewsBlaze
Two porn stars and true romance on their, well, first date on camera, and a stud geek worried about man boobs. Kevin and Seth make a porno that may be too hardcore for the sexually squeamish and too mushy for porniacs.
