The director/writer behind movies Dogma and the Clerks one and two wrote/directed this one and you can certainly tell. It is vulgar and all that fun stuff but it is not completely retarded.This movie can really be split into two of Kevin Smith's comedy choices, raunchy humour a la Clerks in the beginning and romantic comedy a la Chasing Amy in the ending. It works well enough. Although I do find the plot incredibly flimsy. Back and forth, back and forth does she love me? Does she hate me? The ending was so predictable it seemed like the person who wrote Legion wrote it (haha ba-zing). We have come to expect that from raunchy teen humour though
haven't we?
The humour of this movie work insanely well. It is so down too Earth and realistic. Although it is mostly dirty jokes and the like but c'mon how many of us haven't cracked jokes involving sexuality(in a way that is not homophobic), vaginas and transforming your fave movie titles into porn movies because I for one have done that. That is the movies sparkling light. The characters feel real and likable and of course you want the two main leads to get together because they are just meant to be and everything will be sunshine, lollipops and rainbows.
This movie has a phenomenal cast of regulars who have been in the shadows of their movies and television shows(Craig Robinson and Justin Long) and the spotlight(Seth Rogen). They all work really well together and bounce off each other well. There was a couple of really flat stale characters though such as Delaney's wife. She is a mean black wife who controls her husband ahahha boo-urns. For the most part though they work well. Also some of the guys in the porno are terrible actors, can't remember their names but they shouldn't be in movies.
overall a movie that will most likely be forgotten(unless it manages to be kept in people's minds for pushing it's R rating) because it is just another raunchy teen movies the last decade has been come to be known for in comedies. This movie was a nice little romp good for watching with a bunch of friends and wasn't to take a load off and laugh.
-73 B
-hutz
A very underrated comedy especially in the wake of comedies that Apatow and company have been releasing(it seems like 10 a month). But that is usually Writer/Director Kevin Smith's thing his movies are either highly overrated(Clerks) or very underrated(this one and Chasing Amy).
Just like in many of Rogen movies he seems very realistic and although most people dislike him I find him very down to earth and a perfect match to his counter part(Elizabeth Banks). The regulars of the comedy movie circuit really put this one into the next level especially Justin Long and Craig Robinson. The characters in the porn movie were also very believable being that they were lunk headed and brawn over brains etc. The touching emotional realm that Zach and Miri hit was also believable as a pair that had been through everything and there was tons of references in the movie showcasing how badly they wanted to be a couple an aspect very believable in our culture where people are often afraid to make the first move and step against commonality.
The plot was pretty thin but was layered nicely with some hilarious raunchy humor without being in the boundary of hurtful toward a sexual choice etc some may have viewed Long's character as cheap way for homophobic laughs but I felt the true purpose of this one to one make fun of Miri in the begging and to show that it doesn't matter what sexuality etc you are people are still afraid to push over the status quo. The porn titles were hilarious and an activity Hutz and I often did when bored(once again a relatable aspect)
So in the world where a stupid R rated raunchy comedy gets released weekly(The Goods) this one truly stands out and can hold its own against good R rated comedies (Superbad/Knocked Up) hopefully it is not just remembered for the stir it caused about it maybe getting the X rating and unlike most people I enjoyed this the whole way through. I just wished I would've seen this in theaters.
-McClure 84/100
overall a movie that will most likely be forgotten(unless it manages to be kept in people's minds for pushing it's R rating) because it is just another raunchy teen movies the last decade has been come to be known for in comedies. This movie was a nice little romp good for watching with a bunch of friends and wasn't to take a load off and laugh.
-73 B
-hutz
A very underrated comedy especially in the wake of comedies that Apatow and company have been releasing(it seems like 10 a month). But that is usually Writer/Director Kevin Smith's thing his movies are either highly overrated(Clerks) or very underrated(this one and Chasing Amy).
Just like in many of Rogen movies he seems very realistic and although most people dislike him I find him very down to earth and a perfect match to his counter part(Elizabeth Banks). The regulars of the comedy movie circuit really put this one into the next level especially Justin Long and Craig Robinson. The characters in the porn movie were also very believable being that they were lunk headed and brawn over brains etc. The touching emotional realm that Zach and Miri hit was also believable as a pair that had been through everything and there was tons of references in the movie showcasing how badly they wanted to be a couple an aspect very believable in our culture where people are often afraid to make the first move and step against commonality.
The plot was pretty thin but was layered nicely with some hilarious raunchy humor without being in the boundary of hurtful toward a sexual choice etc some may have viewed Long's character as cheap way for homophobic laughs but I felt the true purpose of this one to one make fun of Miri in the begging and to show that it doesn't matter what sexuality etc you are people are still afraid to push over the status quo. The porn titles were hilarious and an activity Hutz and I often did when bored(once again a relatable aspect)
So in the world where a stupid R rated raunchy comedy gets released weekly(The Goods) this one truly stands out and can hold its own against good R rated comedies (Superbad/Knocked Up) hopefully it is not just remembered for the stir it caused about it maybe getting the X rating and unlike most people I enjoyed this the whole way through. I just wished I would've seen this in theaters.
-McClure 84/100
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