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CLERKS II

With Jeff Anderson, Brian O’Halloran, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith

Directed by Kevin Smith

A decade ago Kevin Smith made his debut with a bang in the shape of Clerks, in all of its black & white indie glory. His frank, straightforward and often politically incorrect sense of humour found more than just a Generation X audience the world over and launched his career resulting in movies like Mallrats, Dogma, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. Hardly ever leaving his native New Jersey as a location, and using regular actors (including chums Matt Damon and Ben Affleck often passing through in cameos), Smith always keeps things down to earth with superstar pretensions usually receiving a good pummeling. Clerks II picks up a decade after the original with our two lead slackers still working behind a serving counter – this time a take-away joint, due to the Quick Stop mart burning down. Dante is about to leave for Florida and a sure thing marriage, but he might have a thing for his female boss. While the film mostly consists of idle chatting about absolutely anything, digging into personalities and illustrating the art of being an obnoxious ass, the writing and acting is so enjoyable that you’re disappointed when the end credits arrive. Sex, marriage, religion, race, movies, bestiality, authority, independence - anything goes. One of the many hilarious scenes includes two Lord Of The Rings fanboys getting laid into, and not to forget the omnipresent and ever classic Jay and Silent Bob. It all feels so frank and easy that you’d expect Smith to come up with a Clerks movie once a year. But I guess the TV series may be in development as we speak…
Unfortunately this DVD release contains no extras – I guess we can image it has a commentary track by Silent Bob(!)

5 / B
- Paul Blom


1 2 3 4 5 6
A - B - C



6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temp.
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multiple Viewing Potential
B: Deserves Another Look
C: Once Should Suffice

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