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Kevin SmithScreenplay:
Kevin SmithCinematography:
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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 (3)
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Sequel to Kevin Smith's 1994 low-budget indie hit, Clerks. Ten years ago, best friends Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) were New Jersey mini-mall clerks still slacking off together in their early twenties. A decade on, a calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire. While Dante prepares to move to Florida and marry Emma (Jennifer Schwalbach), Randal harasses geeky 'Funployee of the Month' Elias (Trevor Fehrman), a dweeb who worships 'The Transformers' and believes, much to Randal's consternation, that The Lord of the Rings is superior to Star Wars. Also back are Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith), who contribute their own warped world view of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
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A pleasant surprise, which I hadn't even hoped for after the uninteresting prequel. Except perhaps for the first 20 minutes or so, with some wannabe-funny dialogue in the vein of its predecessor, for which Smith deserves to be raped by Gandalf's staff, but starting with the great verbal duel Randal vs LOTR fans, the film catches its second wind and I enjoyed all the movie quotes, allusions to current modern trends and the dialogues with funny life observations, including Randal's surprising emotional outburst at the end. So, unexpectedly for me, I'm happy to rank this sequel alongside the smart Dogma and Chasing Amy.
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I just love this movie. Perhaps even more so than the first, which was a breakthrough for Smith. There are great dialogues here, there are perverse situations, and there are excellent characters, especially Becky with Rosario Dawson's face, which is a brilliant move. It's easy to fall in love with this girl. I can't take my eyes off this movie every time I watch it.
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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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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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Smith returns to his New Jersey gang of slackers after a break of twelve years, and we can only be grateful, as the characters of Randell and Dante still have a lot to say after all this time. The new characters are as memorable as the ones already familiar to us. Rosaria Dawson is a convincing actor and the Catholic, Elias, will definitely get to you. Like most of Kevin's films, it's based primarily on brilliantly polished dialogs – both serious and pop cultural. In addition to the beautifully captured melancholy, above all they give us brilliant humor. I laughed at most of the scenes long after they ended (if this movie doesn't convince you that Bay's feature-length Transformers has a philosophical message of the highest quality, I don't know what will). Last but not least, the iconic Jay and Silent Bob duo returns to the screen in top form. I sincerely hope that we will meet this bunch again in another decade’s time...
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