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From their many
adventures Jay & Silent Bob have acquired quite a bit of
knowledge and wisdom about life.
Some, in what can
only be described as a delusionary state of mind, have even referred
to them as prophets.
Has this
"wisdom" given them the ability to predict the future or
are they just making it up? Who knows?
All we know is
that if you ask, Jay is willing to give you an answer. In fact we
can't shut him up.
Bob on the other
hand, he's the quiet type. |
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Writer
and director Kevin Smith embraces his warm and fuzzy side with this
comedy drama about a man who learns a lot about life and love in the
wake of a personal tragedy. Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a guy who
seemingly has it made -- he has a great job as a music publicist with
a major Manhattan public relations firm, and he's madly in love with
his wife, Gertrude (Jennifer Lopez). Ollie is very much excited about
the fact he and Gertrude are soon to become parents, but Ollie's joy
turns to despair when Gertrude dies in childbirth. Emotionally
shattered, Ollie isn't sure what to do next, and he and his newborn
daughter, Gertie, soon move to New Jersey to live with his father,
Bart (George Carlin), who grows tired of playing babysitter after
several months. Juggling his career with single parenthood proves to
be more than Ollie can manage, and one day he's fired after he
bungles a major press event. Unable to find work, Ollie eventually
takes a dead-end job in New Jersey's public works department, and
devotes himself to his daughter as he retreats from his own life. But
after frequent visits to the local video store, he strikes up a
friendship with Maya (Liv Tyler), a pretty girl who works behind the
counter. As Ollie finally begins to come out of his shell, he's
offered a chance to move back into the music industry, but he
realizes that would mean moving back to Manhattan -- and Gertie
(Raquel Castro), now seven years old, makes it clear she doesn't want
to go. Jersey Girl also features cameo performances from Kevin Smith
regulars Jason Lee and Matt Damon, and significantly is Smith's first
feature not to include Jason Mewes and Smith himself as stoner
archetypes Jay and Silent Bob. |
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The
frequently recurring title characters, employed by writer and
director Kevin Smith as supporting players in several of his films,
are put to rest with this comedy that focuses on them exclusively.
Jay (Jason Mews) and Silent Bob (Smith) are a pair of stoned New
Jersey slackers who have long been used as the templates for a pair
of popular comic book heroes, Bluntman and Chronic. When they learn
that their alter egos are to be turned into a major motion picture
without their consent or compensation, the pair sets off for
Hollywood to sabotage the production. Along the way, they encounter
an ape, a nun (Carrie Fisher), the cast of Scooby-Doo, a Charlie's
Angels-style band of sexy women who use them as stool pigeons in a
diamond heist, and an unhinged wildlife ranger (Will Ferrell). They
also meet up with some regulars from the Smith canon, including
Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks,
Jason Lee as Banky Edwards, Alanis Morissette as God, and actors Ben
Affleck and Matt Damon in dual roles as themselves and two other
familiar characters. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back co-stars numerous
other recognizable performers in roles of various sizes, including
Shannen Doherty, Jason Biggs, James Van Der Beek, Shannon Elizabeth,
Tracy Morgan, Judd Nelson, Chris Rock, and George Carlin, among others. |
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Two
banished angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) have discovered a
loophole that would allow them back into heaven; problem is, they'd
destroy civilization in the process by proving God fallible. It's up
to Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), a lapsed Catholic who works in an
abortion clinic, to save the day, with some help from two so-called
prophets (Smith and Jason Mewes, as their perennial characters Jay
and Silent Bob), the heretofore unknown 13th apostle (Chris Rock),
and a sexy, heavenly muse (the sublime Salma Hayek, who almost
single-handedly steals the film). In some ways Dogma is a shaggy dog
of a road movie--which hits a comic peak when Affleck and Fiorentino
banter drunkenly on a train to New Jersey, not realizing they're
mortal enemies--and segues into a comedy-action flick as the vengeful
angels (who have a taste for blood) try to make their way into
heaven. Smith's cast is exceptional--with Fiorentino lending a
sardonic gravity to the proceedings, and Jason Lee smirking evilly as
the horned devil Azrael--and the film shuffles good-naturedly to its
climax (featuring Alanis Morissette as a beatifically silent God),
but it just looks so unrelentingly... subpar. Credit Smith with being
a daring writer but a less-than-stellar director. |
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Writer-director
Kevin Smith (Clerks) makes a huge leap in sophistication with this
strong story about a comic-book artist (Ben Affleck) who falls in
love with a lesbian (Joey Lauren Adams) and actually gets his wish
that she love him, too. Their relationship is attacked, however, by
his business partner (Jason Lee), who pulls a very unsubtle Iago act
to cast doubt over the whole affair. The film has the same sense of
insiderness as Clerks--this time, Smith takes us within the arcane,
funny world of comic-book cultism--but the themes of jealousy,
deceit, and the high price of growing up enough to truly care for
someone make this a very satisfying movie. |
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Sophomore
jinx hit hard in this second film by Kevin Smith, whose debut Clerks
transcended the limits of its setting and budget to become something
memorably funny. (Smith followed Mallrats with the wonderful Chasing
Amy, so Mallrats definitely had the old curse.) A ramshackle comedy
set in a mall, the film follows several story lines involving lovers,
enemies, friends, goofballs, and Smith's own "silent"
character, who also appeared in Clerks and Chasing Amy. A heavy
self-consciousness weighs on everything, as if Smith forgot how to
make obscenity funny instead of tedious. Still, it's nice to see some
of the director's film family on screen, among them Jason Lee and
Joey Lauren Adams. |
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Before
Kevin Smith became a Hollywood darling with Chasing Amy, a film he
wrote and directed, he made this $27,000 comedy about real-life
experiences working for chump change at a New Jersey convenience
store. A rude, foul-mouthed collection of anecdotes about the
responsibilities that go with being on the wrong side of the till,
the film is also a relationship story that takes some hilarious turns
once the lovers start revealing their sexual histories to one
another. In the best tradition of first-time, ultra-low budget
independent films, Smith uses Clerks as an audition piece,
demonstrating that he not only can handle two-character comedy but
also has an eye for action--as proven in a smoothly handled rooftop
hockey scene. Smith himself appears as a silent figure who hangs out
on the fringes of the store's property. |
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