Clerks 2
There really is no other way to describe Clerks II other than it’s like spending an hour and a half with good friends just messing around, debating utter crap and trying to make some sense out of your life. It’s not life altering, unforgettable stuff but you come out of the cinema with a smile on your face.
I have to admit that of all the Kevin Smith movies, the only 2 I haven’t seen are Chasing Amy and the original Clerks. So no doubt I missed out on some references to the original. Still, if you’ve seen any of the other Smith films (including Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Mallrats) you’ll spot pretty much all the familiar faces – naturally Jay and Silent Bob have a suitably prominent role in the film.
Clerks II brings audiences back into the lives of slackers Dante and Randall from the first film. When the video store/tea-room they run burns down, they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional McDonald's-style fast-food outlet. While contending with strange customers and even weirder co-workers, the 2 friends (now in their 30s) have some serious decisions to make about their lives.
Like Smith’s other films, Clerks 2 is an acquired taste and it takes a while to get going. Actually, it’s more a case of the audience growing comfortable with the arbitrariness of events, foul language and frank discussions about sex (‘You never go ass to mouth!’). Once you’re in the groove, however, you’ll be snickering for the rest of the film. For me, the film transitioned into permanent enjoyability with the introduction of Elias, Mooby’s employee of the month – a 19 year old uber-Christian and geek with a Transformers obsession.
Elias’s verbal battles with Randall over Lord of the Rings and Star Wars are hilariously familiar, and my absolute favourite sequence in the film is the sexually-repressed Elias’s ‘Pillowpants’ and ‘Listerfiend’ monologue.
Clerks II is also boosted by the presence of Rosario Dawson who here is irresistibly likeable – every geek guy’s dream. She, and the rest of the cast, are clearly having a lot of fun. There’s even an impromptu musical number half way through the film.
All this hilarity aside, Clerks II does include some sombre, quite thoughtful discussions about doing what makes you happy versus doing what is socially accepted. So it actually does have some heart to it alongside the ‘interspecies erotica’.
We thoroughly enjoyed Clerks II. It’s one of those films that you’ll be quoting with friends for months.
I have to admit that of all the Kevin Smith movies, the only 2 I haven’t seen are Chasing Amy and the original Clerks. So no doubt I missed out on some references to the original. Still, if you’ve seen any of the other Smith films (including Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Mallrats) you’ll spot pretty much all the familiar faces – naturally Jay and Silent Bob have a suitably prominent role in the film.
Clerks II brings audiences back into the lives of slackers Dante and Randall from the first film. When the video store/tea-room they run burns down, they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional McDonald's-style fast-food outlet. While contending with strange customers and even weirder co-workers, the 2 friends (now in their 30s) have some serious decisions to make about their lives.
Like Smith’s other films, Clerks 2 is an acquired taste and it takes a while to get going. Actually, it’s more a case of the audience growing comfortable with the arbitrariness of events, foul language and frank discussions about sex (‘You never go ass to mouth!’). Once you’re in the groove, however, you’ll be snickering for the rest of the film. For me, the film transitioned into permanent enjoyability with the introduction of Elias, Mooby’s employee of the month – a 19 year old uber-Christian and geek with a Transformers obsession.
Elias’s verbal battles with Randall over Lord of the Rings and Star Wars are hilariously familiar, and my absolute favourite sequence in the film is the sexually-repressed Elias’s ‘Pillowpants’ and ‘Listerfiend’ monologue.
Clerks II is also boosted by the presence of Rosario Dawson who here is irresistibly likeable – every geek guy’s dream. She, and the rest of the cast, are clearly having a lot of fun. There’s even an impromptu musical number half way through the film.
All this hilarity aside, Clerks II does include some sombre, quite thoughtful discussions about doing what makes you happy versus doing what is socially accepted. So it actually does have some heart to it alongside the ‘interspecies erotica’.
We thoroughly enjoyed Clerks II. It’s one of those films that you’ll be quoting with friends for months.
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