First Hit: This film held my interest and was actually pretty funny at times.
Elizabeth Banks plays Miri and Seth Rogen plays Zack who are lifelong friends. They graduated high school together and although they never thought of having a romantic relationship, then ended up living together because of their friendship and acceptance of each other’s behavior.
They are both in dead end jobs and because of some foolish spending habits end up not having enough money to pay the water bill, utilities, and the rent. In a panic about how to create some income they decide to make a porno film.
They figure that by doing this they can make enough money to pay their outstanding bills. They recruit some friends and have auditions and end up with a motley crew to shoot and act in their made up story. One of the things they decide on, in their planning, was that they would have sex with each other and they each would have sex with someone else in the cast as well. This leads us into the development of the broader story.
Both Banks and Rogen are fine as their respective characters. Craig Robinson has some great scenes and is funny as Rogen’s coworker Delaney. Some of the scenes at their high school reunion were funny and each is given a story line representing their past history in school in a funny way. Kevin Smith the writer and director made the story entertaining and I’m sure some of the outtakes of this film are even funnier than what was on the screen. It was also nice to see Kevin’s friend Jason Mewes in the film playing Lester, one of the porno stars.
Overall: It was an amusing film and at times very funny with the audience bursting out in loud guffaws.