REVIEW: Clerks II

This is going to be a fairly brief review. I really don’t have very much to say about it. What I do have to say I’ll keep very brief and to the point.

This may be the funniest movie ever made. Period.

I know, I know. That’s a pretty bold statement. Notice I qualified it with the word “may,” to avoid at least a little bit of the certain backlash I’m sure to receive (or would if anybody actually read this thing). And I know there’s some stiff competition, Kevin Smith’s own Dogma qualifies as such. But rarely does a movie make me laugh so hard and so often…and that’s after watching it twice.

But Kevin Smith’s genius truly lies in his amazing ability to make you cry with both laughter and sorrow in the space of only a few minutes. This movie, despite the conversations on ass-to-mouth and Pillowpants the Pussy Troll, has an emotional core and a plot that, while predictable, really does speak volumes about friendship and living your life for yourself.

My main gripe is the acting, specifically the actor that plays the central character: Dante. But this is a man who has been in most of the Kevin Smith movies, and started in a VERY low budget independent production that has founded a rather impressive-sized cult. You can tell he has little experience as his lines are often over…somethinged. It has that fake quality to it, but he’s still the original, and I love that.

All in all it’s another hilarious romp through Kevin Smith’s Askewniverse, and I loved every minutes of it. Should this be the end of that realm, then it’s the perfect note to end on.

BOTTOM LINE: 9.0