Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

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Has the lazy, bric-a-brac atmosphere of one of those blown-off movies made during down time on some bigger affair.

June 23, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)

Scott Foundas

Variety

Top Critic

The perfect curtain call for these much-loved, wise but oh so stupid slackers.

June 24, 2006 Full Review

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Top Critic

I admit to enjoying -- in a drunken, half-asleep kind of way -- parts of this ramshackle road movie with its running Miramax guest stars and its endless homo jokes.

August 31, 2001 Full Review

David Edelstein

Slate

Top Critic

Smith, coming off the madly audacious Dogma, knows that he's slumming this time and revels in it.

August 27, 2001 Full Review

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

The picture lacks the mix of innocence and savagery that branded [Smith's] other films.

August 24, 2001

Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Top Critic

In keeping with the Smith rules, the movie is irreverent, self-referential, twisted, cheap and tasteless. And, of course, I mean that as the highest compliment.

August 24, 2001

Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Kevin Smith fans will enjoy. Not for kids.

December 24, 2010 Full Review

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

The epitome of self indulgence.

November 28, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views

Like one massive inside joke that only regulars to the View Askew Universe will get, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the ultimate measure of Smith's undeniable nerdiness.

November 21, 2009 Full Review

Bill Gibron

PopMatters

Kevin Smith's clever in-joke movie gets an anemic Blu-ray release.

November 16, 2009 Full Review

Matt Noller

Slant Magazine

I was surprised to discover that I really liked this film...

April 29, 2009 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A mess, yes, but a funny and highly enjoyable one.

June 23, 2008 Full Review

Film4

I have no idea how it'll play for people unfamiliar with Smith's work, but I rolled with it.

September 24, 2007 Full Review

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

The film feels like a download of Mr. Smith's brain.

July 14, 2007 Full Review

Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

Tune out the dreck and there are enough laughs for it to be worthwhile.

December 30, 2006 Full Review

Adam Smith

Empire Magazine

Fans of Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, and their Jay and Silent Bob characters will like this more than the average filmgoer.

September 21, 2006 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

What do you want, some meditation on the human condition?

July 22, 2006 Full Review

Ron Wells

Film Threat

I feel a strange disturbance in the Force.

January 15, 2005

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

While that may be enough for teenage fans, anyone expecting more will be sorely disappointed.

February 25, 2004 Full Review

Andrew Rodgers

Zap2it.com

...a madcap comedy that rarely disappoints.

August 1, 2003 Full Review

David Nusair

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