- Film Review
- Reviewed By Andrew Collins
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3 out of 5
Having created his own lovable suburban slacker universe in the "New Jersey trilogy" of Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy, writer/director Kevin Smith seemed to have got it out of his system. But the cameo presence of his two recurring characters - dope-smoking, jive-talking Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith himself) - in religious road movie Dogma hinted otherwise. And now they have their own vehicle: an indulgent, dim-witted odyssey from Jersey to Hollywood where the two scatological scuzzballs plan to sabotage a movie based on comic-book alter egos Bluntman and Chronic. Unfortunately for an audience unfamiliar with Smith's oeuvre, the in-jokes come so fast that a detailed knowledge is required. Otherwise, it's a fair-to-middling gross-out comedy elevated to high-satire status by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Mark Hamill and many others sending themselves up relentlessly.
Plot Summary
Satirical road movie comedy from the director of Clerks, starring Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith. When suburban, dope-smoking slackers Jay and Silent Bob discover that their likenesses are being made into a Hollywood film, the not-so-dynamic duo decide to travel cross-country to Los Angeles to sabotage the production.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jay
- Jason Mewes
- Silent Bob
- Kevin Smith (2)
- Holden McNeil / Ben / Chuckie
- Ben Affleck
- Will Hunting / Matt Damon
- Matt Damon
- Chaka
- Chris Rock
- Justice the jewel thief
- Shannon Elizabeth
- Willenholly
- Will Ferrell
- Hitchhiker
- George Carlin
- Banky Edwards / Brodie Bruce
- Jason Lee
- Cock-knocker
- Mark Hamill
- Nun
- Carrie Fisher
- Dante Hicks
- Brian O'Halloran
- Randal Graves
- Jeff Anderson (1)
- Rene Mosier
- Shannen Doherty
- Sissy
- Eliza Dushku
- Chrissy the jewel thief
- Ali Larter
- Brent
- Seann William Scott
- Alyssa Jones
- Joey Lauren Adams
- Reg Hartner
- Jon Stewart
- James Van Der Beek / Bluntman
- James Van Der Beek
- Dealer
- Tracy Morgan
- Tricia "The Dish" Jones
- Renee Humphrey
- Chronic / Jason Biggs
- Jason Biggs
- The Woman
- Alanis Morissette
- Wes Craven
- Wes Craven
- Gus Van Sant
- Gus Van Sant
Crew
- Director
- Kevin Smith (2)
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