Clerks II repeats all the charms and flaws of the original with a far less forgivable outcome, since Smith is now in a position to do far better.
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07/21/06
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
You have to wonder how long Smith plans to hang out in front of the big-screen Quick Stop, telling the same kind of jokes and copping the same old attitudes.
07/21/06
As long as all easily offended souls stay away from Clerks II, everyone ought to be happy.
07/21/06
OK, Kevin Smith. All is forgiven. Obviously, Jersey Girl was just a silly aberration. You not only have not lost your comedic touch -- you've taken it to new heights.
07/21/06
Top CriticKevin Smith's sequel to his 1994 indie classic about two aimless New Jersey buddies is as dead-end as their jobs.
07/21/06
Clerks II would make for an appropriate end to Smith's lackluster career.
07/21/06
Has Kevin Smith gone soft?
07/21/06
Just as Clerks was Smith's statement of misspent youth, Clerks II is his declaration that your 30s is when you have to find your path and start moving.
07/21/06
... Clerks II is mostly appealing in its familiarity, from the rat-a-tat cussing to the cameos from Smith's repertory company to the extended riffing on Star Wars and geek culture.
07/21/06
Funny, flip, frequently shocking, sometimes appalling, and always engaging.
07/21/06
The point of Clerks, either number, is talk -- speedy, competitive, clever banter that recalls, in its profane way, the rhythms of old Ben Hecht comedies.
07/21/06
The film's loose structure incorporates a little bit of everything... About the only thing conspicuously absent is political correctness.
07/21/06
has a huge been-there-done-that factor as Smith tries to recreate the magic of the original
07/21/06
Twelve years after Kevin Smith arrived on the film scene with the profane and hilarious Clerks, he returns with a bookend sequel which shows he's grown up as well.
07/21/06
Clerks II has at last put Kevin Smith on my radar.
07/21/06
When it's on, it's really on: sharp, funny and geeky, just like you remember.
07/21/06
If you go in simply expecting the movie to be better than Jersey Girl, you're not likely to be disappointed -- but you won't be blown away, either.
07/20/06
...has the most hearty laughs of any film this year, and turns out to be a fitting and surprisingly touching ode to thirtysomething underachievers.
07/20/06
A bit warm, fuzzy, and soft ... it forms the surprising heart of an outwardly bawdy film.
07/20/06
Smith manages to navigate these rather traditional plot threads with a kind of irreverent glee, splashing into them like a kid into a mud puddle.
07/20/06
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