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Kevin Smith Blows his Wad with 'Zack and Miri'new
Hard-up meets hard-on in a movie that's all heart once you get past the shit shot that'll shock only those for whom Clerks II's donkey show wasn't oh-God-no enough.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-03-2008 |
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One Person Saves 'Zack and Miri': Elizabeth Banksnew
When full-scale T&A supplants a storyline rather than complementing it, a fictional send-up about making a porno begins to adopt the tedium of watching an actual porno.
Kevin Smith Tests the Gag Reflex of Chick Flicksnew
Smith's former productions were like low-rent precursors to Judd Apatow. In Zack and Miri both comic galaxies collide, with orgasmic results.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
10-29-2008 |
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Kevin Smith Borrows From Judd Apatow in 'Zack and Miri'
Kevin Smith hasn't matured enough to actually make a good comedy, but he has accrued enough casting wisdom to elevate his latest homegrown material with the effervescent Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogan.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
10-27-2008 |
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Kevin Smith's Arrested Adolescence Continues in 'Zack and Miri'

Smith's still funny when the muse strikes him, but it's just too awkward watching him try to build romantic comedy out of sentimentalizing old-school pornography.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-27-2008 |
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Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks Keep 'Zack and Miri' Watchable
Kevin Smith hasn't matured enough to actually make a good comedy, but he has accrued enough casting wisdom to elevate his latest homegrown material with the effervescent Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
10-25-2008 |
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