Review of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) by Joshua A — 27 Aug 2011

Only for the most seasoned of View Askiewniverse fans, Kevin Smith wrongfully ends his series of films with an all out compilation of every movie in aforementioned universe. (Only to revisit it in Clerks II five years later.

) Ranging from Clerks to Chasing Amy to Scream 3, Smith includes his usual cast of favorites, including Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams and so on and so forth. Instead of his usual structured storyline and cast of quirky characters, only showing their faces for a fraction of screen time, Smith follows the two most unlikely of protagonists: Jay and Silent Bob.

They originally appeared in the first Clerks film, Smith portraying Silent Bob and Jason Mewes playing Jay. They get high, make innuendos about their sexual prowess, and supply homophobia jests, usually deemed offensive but that's just the New Jerysian vibe of the character that is Jay.

Smith also includes several new faces, including SNL vets Will Ferrell and Chris Rock, a team of women jewel thieves, which include Shannon Elizabeth and Eliza Dushku, and Star Wars alums Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.

A lot of this is on the shoulders of the cast opposed to the writing, as it's a series of cameos strung together with dialogue. All in all, the content of the film can't be judged, as it is as silly and irrevocably stupid as the films Joe Dirt or Dumb or Dumber.

If you laugh once or twice, or can be amused by the various "breaking the third wall in-jokes" and references to EVERY single Kevin Smith movie ever made, then it's worth a watch, but if you like your comedy to be belly laugh inducing, steer clear.

This is a zany tale, with orangutans, hot women in spandex, and the antics of a pot smoking duo with marginally ignorant yet childlike personas. Especially do not watch if you haven't seen any or only one Kevin Smith, as much of this won't make any sense.