Clerks II strikes its deepest chords when it appeals to the emotional security of a passionately provincial status quo.
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08/03/06
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Clerks II (2006)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:19
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.9/10
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: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... [More]
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes
Director: Kevin Smith
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Reviews for Clerks II
Top CriticIt 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.
07/24/06
Top CriticI like these characters a lot.
07/24/06
Top CriticSmith, an inherent optimist, has made a movie full of crude humor that also manages to explore the enduring qualities of friendship.
07/24/06
Top CriticWhat [Smith] knows, better than anyone out there, is how rudely funny and deliriously self-deluding those types can be.
07/21/06
Top CriticNot that Butch and Sundance (or even Harold and Kumar) are going to sweat their place in the buddy movie hall of fame.
07/21/06
Top CriticThough Clerks II is in color, the acting is just as amateurish and the directing just as awkward as the black-and-white original. Dawson gives the only competent performance, and only Becky and the abused donkey are sympathetic characters.
07/21/06
Top CriticAll is well with the Clerks world when these stoners take the screen... and prove that guys can grow old and stay immature forever.
07/21/06
Top CriticWhatever your expectations, they will almost certainly be exceeded by Smith's hilarious and creative return to low-budget cinema.
07/21/06
Top CriticWhile it's the sadness of the aging geek that resonates most potently throughout Clerks II, the movie itself is far too glib to let anything that bleak get close enough to the surface to bubble over and stain the counter.
07/21/06
Top CriticClerks II is neither the best nor the worst installment in Smith's Jersey-centric 'askewniverse,' but fans will find plenty to feed their obsession.
07/21/06
Top CriticFor casual fans of writer-director Kevin Smith, his new film, Clerks II, feels a little like the new Pirates of the Caribbean -- a similar wet fizzle of a sequel for sequel's sake -- but what do we know?
07/21/06
Top CriticIf you're a fan of Clerks... then you'll probably want to see Clerks II.
07/21/06
Top CriticClerks II is dumb. Clerks II is brilliant. Clerks II is a rehash. Clerks II is surprisingly fresh. Clerks II will disappoint you at the same time that it keeps you fully entertained.
07/21/06
Top CriticClerks II is not a return to the roots. It's just a cartoonish trip in the way-back machine outfitted with a questionable moral.
07/21/06
Top CriticClerks 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.
07/21/06
Top CriticYou 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
Top CriticOK, 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
Top CriticHas Kevin Smith gone soft?
07/21/06
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