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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive sexual and crude content including aberrant sexuality, strong language and some drug material

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:2006

Box Office: $23,951,963

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... 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 back in to see what kind of changes have rocked their lives -- in work, romance and their eternally raucous life philosophy. What he discovers is that never before have so many still done so little while having so much fun doing it. Now working in the fast-food universe, Dante and Randal have managed to maintain, and even hone, their in-your-face attitudes, agile skill with vulgarities and unbridled love of screwing with the customers. But they're also faced with such shocking new prospects as marriage, leaving Jersey and finding real careers. Smith ("Clerks," "Chasing Amy," "Dogma," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back") pushes his nothing-is-sacred humor right to the edge and then takes a leap as Dante and Randal invade the world of Mooby's fast food restaurant, where the slogan is "I'm Eating It." Behind the counter, where the only other employees are an uber-nerd (TREVOR FERHMAN) and an entirely too sexy manager (ROSARIO DAWSON), Dante and Randal are free to offend anybody and everybody who so much as orders fries in their inimitably irreverent way. But, even as riotous debates rage between them over such burning matters as George Lucas v. Peter Jackson v. Jesus, change is on the horizon. When Dante announces that he's going to leave Jersey forever and marry Emma Bunting (JENNIFER SCHWALBACH), Randal plots a going-away party so shocking it will draw the police, the fire department and potential protests from PETA, while altering their lives forever. The Weinstein Company and View Askew Productions present "Clerks II," written and directed by Kevin Smith. The producers are Scott Mosier and Smith, and the executive producers are Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein and Carla Gardini. The film features cameos by Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Kevin Weisman ("Alias") and the comedians Wanda Sykes and Earthquake. It also features the triumphant return of Leonardo, New Jersey's inimitable duo Jay (JASON MEWES) and Silent Bob (KEVIN SMITH). -- © The Weinstein Co. [More]

Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes

Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Wanda Sykes, Earthquake, Kevin Weisman, Walter Flanagan, Ethan Suplee

Director: Kevin Smith

Director: Kevin Smith
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Producer: Scott Mosier, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Carla Gardini
Composer: James Venable
Studio: MGM

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  • Writer-director Kevin Smith returns to the scene of his cult comedy classic Clerks to pick up his nothing-is-sacred style of humor…and push it right over the edge! Ten years after the original, slacker heroes Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) have become "funployees" at Mooby's fast food. In addition to offending customers and debating anything and everything, their responsibilities now include ragging on their uber-nerd co-worker (Trevor Fehrman) and teasing their sexy manager (Rosario Dawson). But when Dante announces his plan to leave New Jersey, Randal plots a shocking and hysterical going-away party that will alter their lives forever.
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    What's truly unforgivable is the willful regression

    Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
    08/30/09
    Fernando F. Croce
    Fernando F. Croce
    CinePassion

    More Empire than Jedi.

    Full Review Source: Film Comment Magazine | comment Comment
    08/21/09
    Rob Nelson
    Rob Nelson
    Film Comment Magazine

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    Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
    05/13/09
    Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    Orlando Sentinel

    Notably dubbed as the "gayest film ever" when it premiered at Cannes, "Clerks II" is nonetheless a slight improvement on Smith's original film.

    Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
    04/22/09
    Cole Smithey
    Cole Smithey
    ColeSmithey.com
    N/R

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    Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
    02/27/09
    Devin Faraci
    Devin Faraci
    CHUD

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    Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
    11/20/08
    Brian Marder
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    Hollywood.com
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    Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
    10/18/08
    Bob Mondello
    Bob Mondello
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    Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
    01/15/08
    Garth Franklin
    Garth Franklin
    Dark Horizons

    Clerks II will resonate with viewers in Smith's age range (mid-thirties) in a way that goes beyond comedy.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    07/30/07
    Rob Gonsalves
    Rob Gonsalves
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    Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
    07/14/07
    Joe Lozito
    Joe Lozito
    Big Picture Big Sound

    Smith sadly de-evolves much of the groundwork he laid for "Clerks" and its characters and then, like a game of Jenga, smashes it all down by basically setting them up as typical Hollywood concepts...

    Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
    07/10/07
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Cinema Crazed

    Smith's attempt to get all introspective about growing up yields a plot that is at core rather mawkish and cliched - but when it comes to writing hilariously juvenile lines, he still has the old magic.

    Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
    07/03/07
    Anton Bitel
    Anton Bitel
    Eye for Film

    Deliberately disgusting, scatological, profane and vulgar, which makes this critic a bit embarrassed to admit that he found himself frequently laughing out loud at such offensive and obscene material.

    Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment Comment
    06/01/07
    Kam Williams
    Kam Williams
    Upstage Magazine
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    01/20/07
    Philip French
    Philip French
    Observer [UK]

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    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    01/06/07
    Film Threat

    While Jay has always introduced Silent Bob as his "hetero life mate," it is actually Randall that is connected to Dante. It's obvious that he will miss his friend, and Anderson makes us miss him too.

    Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
    12/13/06
    Michael A. Smith
    Michael A. Smith
    Nolan's Pop Culture Review
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    Full Review Source: Soundwaves Cinema | comment Comment
    10/30/06
    Don R. Lewis
    Don R. Lewis
    Soundwaves Cinema

    ...Probably the funniest film Smith has done since the original - it's chock full of childish humour and witty observations on pop-culture - but there's something real beneath all of that as well. Something, dare it be said, touching.

    Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
    09/30/06
    Joe Utichi
    Joe Utichi
    FilmFocus

    The laughs are still there.

    Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
    09/23/06
    Peter Bradshaw
    Peter Bradshaw
    Guardian [UK]
    N/R

    Somewhere underneath the filth, Clerks II is really a very sweet movie about growing up.

    Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
    09/23/06
    Paul Arendt
    Paul Arendt
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