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79
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76
Stuff and Dough
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75
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73
Duchess of Langeais, The
72
Roman de gare
72
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72
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72
Life of Reilly, The
71
My Brother Is an Only Child
71
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71
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69
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68
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67
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67
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67
Year My Parents Went on Vacation, The
67
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66
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66
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65
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64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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62
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62
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61
Dhamma Brothers, The
61
OSS 117: Cairo - Nest of Spies
61
Girls Rock!
59
Under the Same Moon
59
Fugitive Pieces
58
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58
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58
Hats Off
58
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57
Flawless
57
Teeth
57
Without the King
57
Grand, The
56
Turn the River
56
Then She Found Me
55
Vice
55
Tracey Fragments, The
55
Pathology
55
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
54
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54
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52
Noise
52
My Blueberry Nights
50
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48
Dark Matter
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47
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47
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46
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46
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45
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44
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44
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43
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41
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40
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37
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35
Meet Bill
35
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35
Deal
32
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32
Chapter 27
30
Cover
24
Sex and Death 101
20
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xx
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xx
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Dimension Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for nonstop crude and sexual humor, pervasive strong language, and drug content
Starring
Kevin Smith,
Jason Mewes,
Jason Lee,
Ben Affleck,
and
Joey Lauren Adams
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that a "Bluntman and Chronic" movie is being made featuring their comic book counterparts, they drool at the thought of fat movie checks rolling in. But when the pair finds that there won't be any royalties coming their way, they set out to sabotage the flick at all costs. (News Askew)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Kevin Smith
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Kevin Smith
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 26, 2002
Video: February 26, 2002
Theatrical: August 24, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
The best-looking, best-scripted and funniest of Smith's pictures, it's also Smith's sharpest.

90
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
In keeping with the Smith rules, the movie is irreverent, self-referential, twisted, cheap and tasteless. And, of course, I mean that as the highest compliment.

80
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A blast of comic irreverence that serves as a starring vehicle for two stoner characters who had previously been relegated to the sidelines.

80
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
As Jay and Silent Bob, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith are the perfect comedy team for smart, dirty-minded 15-year-olds, which means just about all of us.

80
Slate
David Edelstein
Most of all, I enjoyed the picture's subtext, which is that Smith has become so sensitized to Internet abuse -- that the cathartic climax consists of tracking down bellicose posters (all of whom turn out to be adolescent dweebs) and pummeling the crap out of them.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
In addition to being his filthiest, this is his most free-associative movie. In spite of and because of its homemade look, it's also his funniest.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Sequels and fun don't often coincide, but this time they do.
75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
It's deliciously warped, deceptively smart and undeniably funny. Isn't that enough?
75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
A hit-or-miss affair that starts out wobbly and then gathers comic momentum.

75
USA Today
Mike Clark
It's gratifying to see a comedy can have no redeeming social value yet be full of hearty laughs.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Whether you will like Jay and Silent Bob depends on who you are. Most movies are made for everybody. Kevin Smith's movies are either made specifically for you, or specifically not made for you.

63
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
The originality and intelligence that made Smith's "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy" such refreshing pleasures are all but absent.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Frisky, raunchy and frequently riotous.

60
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
At times fun but mostly maddeningly uneven, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back feels less like a full-fledged movie than a side project Smith took on to amuse himself and his buddies.

60
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A raunchy parody that's hip-deep in the mainstream it aims to rip, and sometimes does despite a glut of smug inside jokes.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's hit-or-miss comedy of the very broadest sort, but those who groove on deciphering obscure film-geek in-jokes will find their work more than cut out for them.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
I can't imagine how Smith can capture a big enough audience to pay off this private joke, but the inner geek in me had too much fun to care.

50
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
This may be the greatest picture ever made for 14-year-old boys. Mr. Smith may have hit his target, but he aimed very low.

50
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
The movie is sloppy and scattershot, and proud of it. It wears its slipshod, anything-for-a-laugh structure like a badge of honor: Smith is nothing if not self-deprecating.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
There are lots of hilarious, off-the-wall incidents, and the film has a likable freewheeling spirit to go with its knockabout plot. But the film isn't as remotely funny as it means to be.

40
Variety
Scott Foundas
This represents at least as much of an artistic setback for Smith as "Chasing Amy" and "Dogma" were advances.

40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Smith's unrepentantly juvenile sense of humor leans heavily on elementary pop-culture parody, a particularly tiresome and parasitic form of humor that depends on an audience of smirking know-it-alls who can be trusted to snicker whenever they get the reference.

40
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
Only once, in a quick sketch of "Planet of the Apes" -- does the humor seem to spring from pure movie love. In nearly every other respect, the film is so lazy, solipsistic and overpleased with itself it's hard not to believe that this time the Evil Empire has won not just the battle, but the war.

38
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Typical of road comedies, it's a pastiche of sketches.

38
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
Now that Smith has gotten these characters and jokes out of his system, here's hoping he can turn to material that doesn't require winking at the audience.

38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
I don't know if the new movie is Smith's weakest. It's certainly his most disposable, a warmed-over hash of jokes that will have Mewes fans rolling with laughter and the rest of us rolling our eyes in disbelief.

30
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
This kind of wheel spinning comes from having the desire to speak but nothing much to say, and Smith, who's made a slight movie about his being a slight filmmaker, seems to know this.

25
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Een fans of Jay and Silent Bob may find the story too slender and the jokes too repetitive to be much fun.

20
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
This is nothing more than a bare-assed fart in the face of Smith's fans.
20
New Times (L.A.)
Robert Wilonsky
Who wants to pay to see a movie so bad the actors and writer-director feel the need to keep reminding us of how bad it is?

10
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Stunning in its guileless self-love, Smith's doodle-movie shows virtually no sign of being made for an audience. The 90-minute by-product of Smith's let's-shoot-a-movie pot party can be mystifying -- we've all stood soberly by as high friends guffaw at nothing in particular, but now we can pay for the privilege.


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