some very funny stuff, but also a lot of crass, juvenile humor, profanity, bad acting and a desire to shock rather than to entertain.
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07/23/06
Clerks II (2006)
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Reviews Counted:155
Fresh:96
Rotten:59
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Clerks II dishes up much of the graphic humor and some of the insight that made the 1994 original a cult hit.
Theatrical Release:22-09-2006
Synopsis: 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 20s. Now, Kevin Smith checks... [More]
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes
Director: Kevin Smith
Reviews for Clerks II
The movie feels as if Smith the writer-director is saying farewell to some old friends, that it is time to move on to other adventures and pack away those childish things.
07/23/06
Tasteless, toxic re-hash of the original
07/23/06
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07/23/06
[Smith] has found a way to connect to an audience that prizes his scruffy sensibility and geek love. This film is evidence that he loves them back.
07/22/06
The turning point is Dante's serious conversation with Becky about his future plans. From there, the movie finds its narrative center and becomes a real story about real people and, suddenly, you find you even care about Randal.
07/22/06
It's hard to believe anyone could actually be offended by the material. Still, it's not for everyone and the film is better off without those sticks in the mud.
07/22/06
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07/22/06
Clerks II is still a treat, and should be appreciated as one of the few films to take the idea of leaving your extended adolescence behind with respect and dignity, even if it's sandwiched between sequences of a man having sex with his donkey.
07/22/06
Kevin Smith comes full circle and finds closure ... often showing a refreshing, uncharacteristic maturity.
07/22/06
The question to be answered is: Is Clerks II something that is watchable for those who are unfamiliar with Kevin Smith "Askewniverse?" No.
07/21/06
The patchy work of a director stuck in an uncomfortable purgatory between his old-school comedic crassness and newfound dramatic mushiness.
07/21/06
I'm a Kevin Smith fan, but these characters are getting tired. He needs some new material, because he's done all he can do (and more) with this bunch.
07/21/06
Some gags are hilarious, others flat, but the scatological mood is worth the visit.
07/21/06
Clerks II is a perfect example of what a sequel should be. It takes characters and situations that were created in the original, then expands and deepens them.
07/21/06
With apologies to the much discussed donkey show, perhaps best among the random bits is a rant, delivered by Randal, about reclaiming the phrase “porch monkey.”
07/21/06
There is grist for comedy there, of course, though I don't know if anything Smith conjures (watch out for the promiscuous donkey), is quite as funny as seeing Dante and Randal (Jeff Anderson) aged and fattened some 12 years.
07/21/06
[Dante and Randal] are still minimum-wage slaves working in the service industry, where ignoring and abusing the customer is second nature, and they are still as profane, politically incorrect, and vulgar as ever. It's a beautiful thing.
07/21/06
Kevin Smith proves that the combination of minimum-wage misery and vivid vulgarity still packs a punch, as long as it's done right.
07/21/06
What [Smith] knows, better than anyone out there, is how rudely funny and deliriously self-deluding those types can be.
07/21/06
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