Review of Clerks II (2006) by Seand. — 21 Jul 2006
Saw the movie and thought to myself how great an example it is of what to do in a sequel. The film hits a balance of originality and callbacks: the formula of the plot is generally unchanged from the first one, which is a positive considering the themes of the movie revolve around patterns of life and routine and whatever; and the originality is in the set dressing, as shallow as that sounds.
A different environments do bring out more in Dante and Randal (surprisingly). Travis Ferhman is great as uber-home-schooled-kid and Dawson seems to actually "get" Kevin Smith dialogue. Aaaand.
..the dialogue. A few spiky moments of cliches but the gold is still edgy as hell. It's still a movie you wouldn't want to watch with your parents. Few points off though for some bits that are just.
..way out there though brief. I mean, you wouldn't believe Smith'd direct a couple scenes...but oh well. I know you can't expect a shot by shot reenactment of Clerks, but these scenes are just odd in the movie.
This review of Clerks II (2006) was written by Seand. on 21 Jul 2006.
Clerks II has generally received positive reviews.
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