Zack and Miri make a Porno (3 Stars)

Zack and Miri have known each other since first grade. Now they're sharing a flat as room mates. Purely platonic, no sex, because after all this time they feel like brother and sister. They're both socially inept, and they both have low paid jobs. Their debts grow so large that their water and electricity are cut off, so they need to do something. And making a porn film is easy money, because everyone likes to see anyone have sex. Right? So they find a few people and start filming.

Behind the sleazy subject matter this is a love story. But it doesn't work. This is the third film I've seen Seth Rogen in, and he's the same loud, bad mouth character in all three. Can he act at all? His co-star Elisabeth Banks was perfect for her role as Betty Brant in the Spider-Man films, but in this film she just seems dull. Okay, she's supposed to be dull, but maybe she overdoes it. Imagine this film, the same story, with David Anders and Leelee Sobieski in the leading roles. That would have been fantastic!