Kevin Smith’s sequel to 2006’s “Clerks II” is a mawkish affair that struggles to justify its existence. Thankfully, the perpetually game Affleck provides a fun diversion.
, which makes him realize that his life is going nowhere and he has to do something meaningful with the time he has left—this despite the fact thatclimaxed with him speechifying about the greatness of working at the Quick Stop.
While they’ve both crossed the fifty-year-old threshold, Dante and Randall are the same characters they were in, and bickering like an old married couple. Randall is the narcissistic prick who doesn’t care about rubbing anyone the wrong way, and Dante is the disaffected sad sack—a condition exacerbated by the death of Becky , the expectant mother of his child, who apparently perished in a drunk driving accident shortly after they decided to get hitched at the conclusion of.
An audition sequence for Randall’s movie allows a collection of Smith buddies to show up to lend support, including Fred Armisen, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. and the eternally loyal and game Ben Affleck, who performs an overcooked Boston accent-inflected Robert De Niro impression and, in doing so, once again provides a Smith affair with a momentary spark of comedic clownishness. Over-the-top ridiculousness is also the province of Jay and Silent Bob.
Worse, as still-bickering adults who can’t stop yammering on about Jedis and superheroes, they’re just not funny—a fact so clearly proven byREAD THIS LIST
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