Kevin Smith takes his most iconic characters, Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal, (Jeff Anderson) from the Quick Stop grocery store to Mooby’s burger joint in this unexpected sequel to his decade old slacker comedy. Along the way, Smith transfers to color film and recruits Rosario Dawson for a supporting role. This is not quite the low key savvy cinema that the original Clerks. embodied, but it’s still a fun comic free-for-all that can’t help but be entertaining. In many ways it’s an homage to Smith’s classic films. Not only does it revive the Jay & Silent Bob characters Smith had claimed to put to rest, but it also rehashes some classic Smith moments and utilizes the talents of Smith veterans like Ben Affleck and Jason Lee in winking cameos. As it turns out fast food workers are just as hopeless as store clerks and Smith crafts a totally loopy and irreverent tour de force to cap off his screwy and surprisingly sincere slacker period (Jersey Girl be damned).
Monday, November 27, 2006
DVD of the Week: Clerks II
Kevin Smith takes his most iconic characters, Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal, (Jeff Anderson) from the Quick Stop grocery store to Mooby’s burger joint in this unexpected sequel to his decade old slacker comedy. Along the way, Smith transfers to color film and recruits Rosario Dawson for a supporting role. This is not quite the low key savvy cinema that the original Clerks. embodied, but it’s still a fun comic free-for-all that can’t help but be entertaining. In many ways it’s an homage to Smith’s classic films. Not only does it revive the Jay & Silent Bob characters Smith had claimed to put to rest, but it also rehashes some classic Smith moments and utilizes the talents of Smith veterans like Ben Affleck and Jason Lee in winking cameos. As it turns out fast food workers are just as hopeless as store clerks and Smith crafts a totally loopy and irreverent tour de force to cap off his screwy and surprisingly sincere slacker period (Jersey Girl be damned).
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I haven't seen this yet, although I love the original Clerks. It kind of seems like _every_ Kevin Smith movie is meant to cap off his slacker period now, though, doesn't it?
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