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Summary: By far the funniest film of 2001
Review: This is definitely the funniest film of 2001. Not to mention the most profane, vulgar, crudest, etc etc movie of the year. Jason Mewes is the stoner Jay and his hetero life mate Silent Bob who is played by Kevin Smith, who also directs the movie. Jason Mewes puts on an unforgettable and hilarious performance, and Kevin Smith's body language serves as hilarious. Even if you don't like crude humor, you should go for the cameos alone. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Rock, Will Farrell...you name it.This movie is the perfect laugh-out-loud flick of 2001. It's almost out on DVD and not in many theatres anymore, but if their happens to be one of the few dollar theatres by you still showing it, go see it.
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Summary: Girls With Lotzof Heart
Review: Who'd have anticipated it? I grew up never needing to be told "just say no to drugs". I always focused on serious subjects when contemplating what movies I'd make given a chance. And now I find myself in a world where the most innocent cinematic diversion are often silly farces about potheads. The riotous hoot "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is a prime example. I wasn't sure about it all the way through. Ali Larter was recently one of my favorite actresses. At least she doesn't take such a disastrous fall herein as Kirsten Dunst did in "The Virgin Suicides". Refreshingly, Ali's character Chrissie admits to being a "bad girl cliche". She gave me pause by repreating a frequent movie assertion (hopefully strictly an urban legend) about what girls don't do. But she gives a new twist, belying the claim at a point where she nearly dooms herself and co-consrirators thereby. Hence one could make a rhyme about her role: "Ali Larter plays the ......" All in all, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is one of the most surprising bits of comic relief I've seen lately.
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Summary: The Funnist and Most Depraved Film...EVER!
Review: This film truly must be the most vulgar, disgusting, profane, depraved, offensive, and hilarious film that I have ever been fortunate enough to witness. It truly isn't for everyone; in fact, it's probably not for most people. I was privileged enough to see it with perhaps the greatest audience imaginable: college students. Never before have I been a party to such ruckus laughter and incessant applause as when I saw Jay and Silent Bob with a roomful of college students. Perhaps, some of my enjoyment stems from such a great response from the crowd, but even so, the experience was magnificent. Like I said, this film is all about cursing, sex, and drugs--not to mention the greatest and funniest cameos ever to grace the big screen. If you're a minority, I probably wouldn't go to see it without my sense of humor. What this film does is create such a silly amalgamation of potty humor, film spoofs, and the most well-written celebrity cameos ever to create--for the very first time, in my opinion--a completely nonstop laugh riot. Admittedly, this film doesn't break any new ground in the terms of plot, which is necessarily neglected in order to enforce the absurdity of the characters' motivations. But, then again, what childish road trip comedy was ever lauded as being Shakespeare? And, while on the subject of the road trip comedy, this may be the defining film. If I could compare Jay and Silent Bob to one other movie from film history, I would say that it is a far more perverse and profane version of Dumb and Dumber. But this doesn't make it any less enjoyable; because it one-ups it in a much more adult and grotesque manner. To conclude, Jay and Silent Bob is a hilarious film--best viewed with perverted college students and people seeking no intellectual stimulation whatsoever. The concentration of jokes is so immense, and so successfully implemented, that one cannot help but be overwhelmed by the shear wealth of material that pounds the viewer, one after another, back to back. There is so much funny stuff, it becomes easy to overlook anything like plot or--as silly as it sounds--coherence. Better yet, this is the PERFECT film to see some of Hollywood's most famous celebrities take stabs at their own stereotypes. This movie is a must-see for everyone with an open mind--or someone who opened his or her mind with less legal substances.
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Summary: Possibly the funniest movie of the year
Review: I for one did not spend my formative years smoking pot, if fact I have never smoked pot, but I thought this movie was hilarious. In fact the only Kevin Smith film that I didn't enjoy every minute of was "Chasing Amy" (he is forgiven). Sure the comedy was vulgar and crude, but you have to remeber that this is the first time Jay and Silent Bob have been the absolute focus of the story. The characters were just as vulgar and crude in the other movies (admit it you loved it) but they weren't there quite as often as they were this time. I thought the entire movie was hilarious, and everyone else in the theater agreed I think (the laughing was so loud i missed some jokes, went back twice same thing happened).
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Summary: funny as funny
Review: blunt man and chronic are the beavis and butthead of film.
laught all the way threw,the guy in front of me almost died!
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Summary: Slow Torture
Review: If you didn't spend your time smoking dope during your formative years and you made it past your freshman year in highschool, you'll find this movie vulgar and just plain dumb. I like crude and lewd as much as anyone, as long as it's clever and witty. This movie has none of these qualities. I loved Smith's "Clerks" and "Dogma" but this one is a real turd.
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Summary: Jaded New Jersey Native Dies Laughing
Review: I am writing to you after suffering death due to a painful attack of laughter after watching Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. Of course a dead person can talk, walk and write. Haven't you seen Dogma? Sheesh.
Having lived immersed in New Jersey culture for a number of years, I suppose the funniest bits for me were picking up on some of Jay's eccentricities and identifying with them. Oh, yeah, he's an exaggeration, but I have to say there are bits that strike a bit close to home (like Shannon Elizabeth looking at him after a particularly long tirade and saying "I have no idea what you just said." Jay's response was a simple "Yeah, I get that a lot." Ouch. I've had that conversation and been on Jay's end of it...)
Okay. You want to know about the movie. You probably already read that canned review above and got confused about some of the basics, like is it funny and how vulgar is it... that kind of thing. Here's the breakdown. Yes, it is a very funny film, but don't go into the theater saying to yourself that you've seen it all and you are beyond being shocked. Newsflash - you, too, can be surprised at the casual backstroke through the septic tank of an adventure that this movie will take you through. Jay and Silent Bob are well suited to the task of tour guide here, but just to be sure they got a huge crew of Hollywood types to help out. Carrie Fisher and Mark Hammil of Star Wars fame make notable cameos, as do the assembled cast of the last four Kevin Smith Viewaskew movies. And down to the last person everyone in this film is in it to make you laugh, even at their own expense if need be. About the only appearance I didn't care for was Will Farrell as the game warden. I don't know what it is about that guy, but outside of SNL skits he's just lame.
On a serious note, this movie was released shortly before the attack on America of 9-11-2001. I think that must have impacted the box office on the best comedy I've seen in a decade or more. I hope that this review sticks around for the video release of J&SBSB so people considering checking it out might read this and maybe want to check it out. You can use the laugh, folks - just don't expect the same old retread sitcom jokes here. This is fresh and rude enough to shock your funny bone back to life. WATCH THIS FILM!
And now back to the afterlife, and to my complete collection of Morris Day and The Time records. Yeah, check that out, Heaven is still using records. Who knew?
- B.
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Summary: Kevin Smith Strikes Again
Review: Ardent Kevin Smith fans have grown to fall in love with the existential foul-mouthed stoner, Jay (Jason Mewes), and his "heterosexual life-partner", Silent Bob (Smith), who are seen together in every Smith film. Introduced in Clerks, the two stand expectantly outside a convenience store as if waiting for something to happen. In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, writer-director Smith's latest film, something finally does. The movie rights to Bluntman and Chronic, the comic inspired by the anti-heroes, have been sold to Miramax without Jay and Bob's prior consent. What's worse, anonymous chatters blast the two stoners on internet forums, making a mockery of their existence. Seeking to put an end to such defamation, the two set off for Hollywood to shut down the production of the movie and stop the rude online commentary in the process. Jay and Silent Bob thrust themselves into a grand adventure that places them in a variety of vulgar and hilarious slapstick situations. Jay learns the off-putting tricks of the hitchhiking trade from a vagabond (George Carlin) in an amusing early scene. The scenario only gets more amusing as Jay attempts these tricks on a nun (Carrie Fisher). Other developments along the way find the two attempting to "steal a monkey" so Jay can pursue his amorous feelings for a jewel thief named Justice (Shannon Elizabeth). They later engage in a light-saber battle with a villain played by Mark Hamill, whose name reflects his fighting style and cannot be repeated here. JSBSB also contains countless cameos, in-jokes, and references to earlier Smith films. Thus, it certainly helps to walk into the theater with a background in the Kevin Smith universe. JSBSB is impressively manic, but nevertheless consistent in comic tone. Whatever emotional shifts that occur climax in yet another laugh, as in a scene where Justice tells Jay that she loves him and he blatantly propositions her in return. This film is never serious for long. One gets the sense that everyone is having a great time here, and one is helpless not to join in. Smith always generates good performances from his stars, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the Duck Soup of Smith films, is no exception. Perhaps the most impressive is Jason Mewes as Jay. A scene-stealer since Clerks, Jay is now given a starring role - a risky move that Smith, who runs the comic book store Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash alongside Mewes, was willing to take. He knows better than his fans what Mewes can accomplish as an actor. By placing the weight of a film on Jay's shoulders, Smith has provided Mewes with the opportunity to aspire to comic genius. Mewes arguably achieves it, as he rattles off his hilariously crude and witty lines more sharply than any other actor in the film. As one may expect from a Smith film, JSBSB is not for everyone. Smith does not intend for his films to be enjoyed by all audiences. JSBSB is uncompromising in its humorous approach to mature subject matter and contains something to offend just about everybody. What sets it apart from Dogma, however, is that Smith does not mean for us to take it seriously. Those who are still chewing on the complex issues raised in Dogma may find solace in the chaotic and relatively harmless mess of this film. It is a consistently hilarious series of misadventures thrown together in a film that further wins the hearts of those who love Smith, and further alienates those who hate him. Love it or hate it, however, it is still hard to stay angry with a film that resurrects Morris Day and the Time.
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Summary: Not superly meaningful but guilty-pleasure humor to the max!
Review: If you're not used to Kevin Smith, see a film like DOGMA or CLERKS first. Once you've seen at least CLERKS and CHASING AMY (MALLRATS is okay but not really necessary) you will want to check this one out! Okay, so this is not exactly the movie that will be loved by the random theater-hopper. There is no real central theme to it; it's about Jay and Silent Bob trying to get their royalties for intellectual property rights by taking a daring cross-country trip to Hollywood. The movie is filled with expletives and sexual jokes just like all the previous films in the "View Askewniverse" and here there is also lots of gay humor. It's not homophobic, though; rather the gay jokes are aimed to satirize and ridicule the homophobe him/herself. I, for one, am gay and was not at all offended. But people under 13 or 14 really shouldn't be seeing this kind of material. (Is it really necessary to have a 17 age limit at the theaters?) If you just want a funny movie to sit back and laugh, this is perfect. Also great if you love Kevin Smith or anything to be viewed askew. But not really for you if you're trying to find real meaning.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This is the funniest film I have ever seen. Smart, funny, slick and totally outstanding It's a shame the UK has never grasped the whole idea of Jay & Silent Bob. Guys you rock!!!!!
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