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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back reviews
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8.2 User Score:

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Based on 31 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Written by: Kevin Smith

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 24, 2001
DVD: February 26, 2002

Running Time: 99 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

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)

What The Critics Said

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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75

USA Today Mike Clark

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

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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.

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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.

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63

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Frisky, raunchy and frequently riotous.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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40

Variety Scott Foundas

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

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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.

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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.

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38

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Typical of road comedies, it's a pastiche of sketches.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 84 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Abby L gave it a10:
Extremely funny!! It's the kind of OMG Why am I laughing so hard kind of film.

J Reb gave it an8:
One of the most halarious movies ive ever seen. I didnt think any of Smith's other movies were that funny so this came as a real shocker.

Miko gave it a2:
Kevin Smith's first bad film. Shoddily pasted together from a confusing selection of aimless, dull, and only vaguely related scenes, this pointless mess is irritatingly smirky and self-deprecating. Just not worth it for the two to three faintly amusing moments.

Keith D. gave it a10:
this film is extremely funny. Though crude, has a great plot and script. It is the best film ever!

Anthony S. gave it a10:
Good movie, Jay reminds me of my friend Chris.

Jason S. gave it a10:
Bluntman and Chronic suck! =D It was a good movie, on a more serious note.

Lo gave it a10:
Ive seen this film hundreds of times and i still class it as my all time favourite I know i will never get tired of it! Its clever, funny and a lot of fun 2 watch. Kevin smith is a brilliant writter/director!

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