Clerks II
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A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
What critics thought
Clerks II landed in genuinely mixed territory with critics: funny enough to satisfy fans of the original, but softer and less sharp than the 1994 film it revisits. The more interesting divide is between professional critics — some of whom found unexpected heart in its slacker philosophy, others who walked out — and general audiences, who embraced it far more warmly than the press did.
“What makes Clerks II both winning and (somewhat unexpectedly) moving is its fidelity to the original Clerks ethic of hanging out, talking trash and refusing all worldly ambition. If anything, the sequel is more defiant in its disdain for the rat race, elevating the white-guy-doing-nothing prerogative from a lifestyle choice to a moral principle.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“softer, flabbier and considerably higher-budgeted follow-up to Kevin Smith's 1994 indie sensation that nevertheless packs enough riotous exchanges and pungent sexual obscenities to make its 97 minutes pass by with ease.”
Justin Chang·Variety
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Kevin SmithDirector
Brian O'HalloranDante
Jeff AndersonRandal
Rosario DawsonBecky
Jason MewesJayKevin SmithSilent Bob
Jennifer Schwalbach SmithEmma
Ben AffleckGawking Guy
Trevor FehrmanElias
Scott MosierConcerned Father
Jason LeeLance Dowds
Jake RichardsonTeen #1
Ethan SupleeTeen #2
James L. VenableComposer
David KleinCinematographyClerks II
A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
What critics thought
Clerks II landed in genuinely mixed territory with critics: funny enough to satisfy fans of the original, but softer and less sharp than the 1994 film it revisits. The more interesting divide is between professional critics — some of whom found unexpected heart in its slacker philosophy, others who walked out — and general audiences, who embraced it far more warmly than the press did.
“What makes Clerks II both winning and (somewhat unexpectedly) moving is its fidelity to the original Clerks ethic of hanging out, talking trash and refusing all worldly ambition. If anything, the sequel is more defiant in its disdain for the rat race, elevating the white-guy-doing-nothing prerogative from a lifestyle choice to a moral principle.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“softer, flabbier and considerably higher-budgeted follow-up to Kevin Smith's 1994 indie sensation that nevertheless packs enough riotous exchanges and pungent sexual obscenities to make its 97 minutes pass by with ease.”
Justin Chang·Variety
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Kevin SmithDirectorBrian O'HalloranDanteJeff AndersonRandalRosario DawsonBeckyJason MewesJayKevin SmithSilent BobJennifer Schwalbach SmithEmmaBen AffleckGawking GuyTrevor FehrmanEliasScott MosierConcerned FatherJason LeeLance DowdsJake RichardsonTeen #1Ethan SupleeTeen #2James L. VenableComposerDavid KleinCinematographyStream
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