Directed by:
Kevin SmithScreenplay:
Kevin SmithCinematography:
David KleinComposer:
James L. VenableCast:
Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Ethan Suplee (more)VOD (2)
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Ten years ago best friends Dante Hicks and Randal Graves were New Jersey mini-mall clerks still slacking off together in their early 20s. Now working in the fast-food universe, Dante and Randal have managed to maintain, and even hone, their in-your-face attitudes, agile skill with vulgarities and unbridled love of screwing the customers. But they're also faced with such shocking prospects as marriage, leaving Jersey and finding real careers. Dante and Randal invade the world of Mooby's fast food restaurant, where the slogan is "I'm Eating It." Behind the counter, where the only other employees are an uber-nerd and an entirely too sexy manager, Dante and Randal are free to offend anybody and everybody who so much as orders fries in their inimitably irreverent way. But, even as riotous debates rage between them over such burning matters as George Lucas v. Peter Jackson v. Jesus, change is on the horizon. When Dante announces that he's going to leave Jersey forever and marry Emma Bunting, Randal plots a going-away party so shocking it will draw the police, the fire department and potential protests from PETA, while altering their lives forever. (official distributor synopsis)
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Much, much funnier than the first part. Some scenes are brilliant, while others fizzle out, but as whole Clerks II deserves a four star rating, a nice improvement from last time. The best comedy moment is hands down the Donkey Show, which is followed by what for my taste is an overly long and amicable ending. What’s certainly good is that Smith’s humour has matured since the first Clerks, and also got sharper, which made me laugh about things that otherwise I wouldn’t even smile at. 85%
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For me, this overhyped comedy and Kevin Smith don't really click. There are a few decent lines (the discussion of Lord of the Rings vs Star Wars was cool), but otherwise it just flows without much surprise or interest. There's no downright burst of laughter and the story didn't seem very interesting to me either. Maybe ten years ago, it could've earned four stars, but definitely not today. 6/10.
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The best of Kevin Smith. Uncompromisingly funny, properly Jay crazy, perfectly believable, and in its honesty, touching. This is how free life stories end, this is how purely heterosexual buddies get close to each other, and this is how love is professed. It wasn't the complete end of one universe after all, which is good for some, tragedy for others. But that doesn't change anything about it being the best that the most popular geek film ever created.
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In the case of Clerks 2, the return to roots is not just an empty concept, because this is not another Mallrats or Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Maybe that's why I had a problem with the lower cadence of the jokes at the beginning, but once I tuned into the pace of the film, which, like the first, features completely serious dialogue alongside the brilliant jokes, Kevin Smith had me right where he wanted. In short, the return to Jersey was a success. Jay and Bob are at it again, Randall is talking like hell, and Dante has put on some weight. It's funny, it's clever, it's touching and it's exactly what Smith fans have been waiting for. And if this bunch returns in a few years, I'll definitely be there again.
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Smith has elegantly avoided all the ills of his first film, turned up the humor (the donkey party), leaned neatly into The Lord of the Rings phenomenon, let the protagonists spout the truest of life's wisdom in brilliant dialogue, and cast Rosario Dawson. In general, what makes his films brilliant has once again come together in the fanciest guise imaginable. Thanks, Kevin. We'll see what the rest of the life that began at the end of this film turns into.
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