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Clerks II (2006)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 158
Fresh: 100 | Rotten: 58

Clerks II dishes up much of the graphic humor and some of the insight that made the 1994 original a cult hit.

Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 16

Clerks II dishes up much of the graphic humor and some of the insight that made the 1994 original a cult hit.

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You can take the clerks out of the Quick Stop, but you just can't take the Quick Stop out of the clerks as Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randall (Jeff Anderson) prove in this long-awaited sequel to Kevin Smith's breakthrough comedy. Years after we last saw them, Dante is still toiling behind the counter at a New Jersey convenience store and Randall is still annoying customers at the video shop next door -- or at least they are until a fire burns down the strip mall, forcing Dante and Randall to

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Kevin Smith

Written By: Kevin Smith

In Theaters: Jul 21, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Nov 28, 2006

Box Office:$24.0M

MGM

Clerks II strikes its deepest chords when it appeals to the emotional security of a passionately provincial status quo.

August 3, 2006 Comment

Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

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It has a more authentic everyday feel than a lot of movies. But it's also very talky and philosophical for a comedy, which would be okay, except the philosophy is kind of shallow.

July 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Roger Ebert

Ebert & Roeper

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I like these characters a lot.

July 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

Smith, an inherent optimist, has made a movie full of crude humor that also manages to explore the enduring qualities of friendship.

July 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

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What [Smith] knows, better than anyone out there, is how rudely funny and deliriously self-deluding those types can be.

July 21, 2006 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

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Not that Butch and Sundance (or even Harold and Kumar) are going to sweat their place in the buddy movie hall of fame.

July 21, 2006 Comment

Kyle Smith

New York Post

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What's truly unforgivable is the willful regression

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

More Empire than Jedi.

August 21, 2009 Full Review Source: Film Comment Magazine

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Rob Nelson

Film Comment Magazine

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

April 22, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

More crude banter about sex, movies, drugs.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

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

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

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...

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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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.

July 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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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.

June 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine

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Kam Williams

Upstage Magazine

June 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Mount Desert Islander

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Kam Williams

Mount Desert Islander

There's little point in trying to convince Smith acolytes that quantity doesn't mean quality, but the advertised six hours of extras aren't half as fun as those on the Clerks 10th anniversary edition.

March 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine

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Aaron Hillis

Premiere Magazine

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People like to come down hard on this as being nothing more than fraudulent and unnecessary, and I don't think that's very fair. It's not the same movie done over again. If it had been, then I would say yes, but no. They do manage to pull off something different, and it isn't just simply a bunch of talking heads like

January 12, 2007

Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

Smith's last great film (apparently) exceeded my expectations all around. Though not nearly as smart or witty as the original, it makes up for that with crude but hilarious dialogue and some great performances. The only problem is that like many films in the comedy drama, the hilarity wears off by the last 20 to 30 minutes.

November 20, 2011

Graham Jones

Super Reviewer

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