Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Photo courtesy of the Weinstein Company and View Askew Productions

Zack and Miri Make a Porno is the cute and funny new offering from Kevin Smith.

If you are a fan as I am of the Silent Bob & Jay films, you will like Zack and Miri. If you are of a certain age and can appreciate bawdy sight gags and goofy porn references, you will like this movie. On the other hand, judging by our fellow theater patrons, if you are young, sensitive or naive, much of the humor will be lost on you, and you may just walk out of the theater saying "That was gross".

As it happens, I am none of those things and I loved Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Why did I love it? Let me count the ways.

1. Traci Lords as Bubbles. How did they talk the world's most successful crossover porn star into playing the role of a seasoned "adult entertainer"? She was wonderful as Bubbles and oh, so funny.

2. Jason Mewes (yes, Jay) nekkid and giving lessons on "The Dutch Rudder". Hilarious.

3. But the real reason I loved this movie was the performance of Elizabeth Banks as Miri. Her dorky, sweet and subtle portrayal of Miri is beautiful. Yeah, yeah, I know you didn't expect me to use the word subtle when describing anything in this film, but there you have it. Elizabeth Banks was a joy to watch. I can't wait to see what she does next.

So, tonight I went to see a gross, funny, offensive, hilarious movie that managed to get an R rating only by the skin of it's teeth after an NC-17 appeal. Would I recommend it? Yes, I'd send my girlfriends, but no, I don't think it would be appreciated by everyone. Hrm, kinda like porn itself.