They are close housemates who rely on each other and feelings exist yet they have never been explored.
But when times get hard, they start looking at unusual ways to scrabble their way out of debt — and settle on the idea of making an amateur adult movie — as you do.
Cult director Kevin Smith once again merges the coarse with the sentimental...and somehow succeeds.
It would be difficult to think of any other filmmaker who could put you in the world of a rom-com one minute and then throw you into an altogether more sordid setting, the next.
But with his recurring characters Jay and Silent Bob now finally retired, Smith has had to take the helm without the comfort of his screen heroes.
That said, Zack and Miri does feel very much like one of the director’s New Jersey slacker films with the intro perhaps a homage to his debut Clerks, with Zack (Seth Rogen) stumbling around on a cold morning trying to get to his meaningless job.
A couple of old cast members get a look-in too, most notably Jason Mewes living up to all the innuendoes of his previous notorious character, Jay.
But this lacks some of the snappy dialogue that made Smith’s earlier films a joy and is a bit too cheesy.
Nevertheless, it’s certainly a refreshing take on the rom-com genre but only for those who can tolerate hundreds of swear words and a lot of bared flesh.
No comments:
Post a Comment