Thanks for the memories!

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Most main-stream comedies would try to have over-the-top fantasy life premises, in which the audience can lance on, because how bizarre & surreal, it is. However, some of the better comedies, known for their Seinfeldian humor, idiosyncratic focus on more conversational everyday stuff that some audience might find mundane. Then, there are those, whom can mix, both of them, well-enough, that the audience can find, the simplest of premise, funny. This is one of those movies. Directed & written by Kevin Smith, Clerks 2 is a follow-up to the highest successful 1994's movie, Clerks and Smith's sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse AKA Kevin Smith's fictional universe from the first film. Ten years after the events in Clerks, Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) & Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) find themselves working at a local fast food joint, after their previous work, Quick Stop Store, burned down, a year ago. Dante has plans to move away from town and get married, but Randal cannot yet, allow his long-last friend to leave, without one last goodbye party. While, Randal set up the party at the workplace, Dante is struggles with his mixed feelings for his current boss, manager, Becky Scott (Rosario Dawson) & his love for his fiancée, Emma Bunting (Jennifer Schwalbach). Will the goodbye party go according plan, or will Dante & Randal find themselves, making a bigger mess than before? Watch the movie to find out! Without spoiling the movie, too much, I have to say, it's nice to see Kevin Smith retackling his old films; however, in retrospect, it's generally viewed as Smith trying to rebound after his commercial failure in his non-View Askewniverse movie, 2004's Jersey Girl. Much like the original movie, the sequel to Clerks, also take place over the course of one day, and loosely connected with a series of small discussion skits and gags. But unlike, the first movie, the movie doesn't make too much jokes about the settling of the film. For a movie that mostly takes place at a fast food joint. I'm really surprised on the lack of jokes about junk food. You would think, the movie would be full of it. Anyways, the movie instead, tackles other issues, such as debates over movies, sexual positions, religion, racism, and romantic love versus pragmatic life choices. Like the first movie, the dialogue is rife with obscenities. Over 130 curse words, to start, as well as a lot of homosexual & racism slurs. The movie also has explicit jokes about bestiality, rape & others that some people might feel uncomfortable with. For me, the oddest thing about the film is having Jason Mewes as Jay do his 1991's the Silence of the Lambs, "Goodbye Horses" dance. That was really out of place & inappropriate. Even with all those, kinda offensive humor and jokes. There were some witty, somewhat heartfelt moments in the film. I did like the whole Jackson 5 'ABC" musical number. For the most part, all of these scenes serves mostly as filler. It really takes forever, for the weak main plot to kick in. The fact that the majority of that scene was ad-libbed, added to the pacing problems. While, the movie is not well-paced. The acting in this film was pretty good for the most part. The main actors, supporting actors, and cameos, all did their parts, very well. I have to say, my favorite actor in this, had to be Trevor Fehrman as Elias Grover, Dante and Randal's new co-worker at the Mooby's fast food chain. It sucks that he hasn't acted since this movie, because I found him to be, very funny. The worst acting in the film has to go to Jennifer Schwalbach. I'm really didn't buy anything, she was saying. Her performance was so wooden. Another thing, that was way different from the first movie, is how this sequel was in color & not in black & white. But as mentioned in the DVD commentary for this film, the entire film was desaturated, a bit after filming, because the colors were far too bright and cheery. In my opinion, I didn't mind that it was, as it adds so much to the cartoony astrosphere, giving the film a far, greater look. It reminds me, so much of the early 2000's animated TV Series Clerks with its style. Overall: While, Clerks 2 will never outshine the original. I have to say, it's still a watchable guilty pleasure of mine. Worth checking out. Face it tiger. You just hit the jackpot!

It's safe to say that, back in 1994, the original 'Clerks' film was a classic. It was shot by (first time) film-maker Kevin Smith in black and white and charted the amazingly simple tale of a day in the life of two guys who worked in a convenience store.In fact, it was so successful that it's amazing that it's taken so long to produce a sequel. And, as everyone knows, there's always a distinct lack in quality when it comes to sequels. Yes, 'Clerks II' isn't quite as sharp or 'cutting-edge' is the original, but it's still damn good fun.The two guys have since left the grocery store and now work in a faceless burger joint (totally ripping of McDonalds!). However, this is the last day one of them will be working, as he's moving to Florida with his new fiancé and his best friend refuses to let him go without a 'proper' send-off.It's easy to say that what follows is just a re-run of Clerks (1). But it isn't. It's a whole new beast all together. Yes, the humour is still as risky and 'adult' in nature (you can't watch this and be easily offended!), but the situations are different and, what's more, is that you actually can identify with the characters. There are even a couple of quite touching moments between the two leads.So, if you're a fan of adult humour (or just enjoyed the original) then this is definitely one for you. Of course, if, like me, you're a die-hard fan of Kevin Smith's films, you'll get added enjoyment out of Clerks II as it's part of his 'Askewniverse' where all his films are interlinked and there are plenty of references to past situations and charters.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

I haven't seen the first movie, but if it resembles the second one in the least (which it obviously does, because they share the same title), then I never want to see it. As far as I am concerned, this has to be one of the most tasteless, worthless and unintelligent comedies/movies I have ever seen. I like a good mindless comedy as much anyone else, but this just left me feeling like the lowest scum of society after watching it. I saw the rating and thought it would be a great comedy. At the end of the film I was not only convinced of its worthlessness, but also of the public's deteriorating tastes. All in all, the acting was pretty lame, the scenery was nil, the romance was pathetic, the dialogues brainless and corny (some corny can be good, but this was far below the bar for bad) and as I mentioned before, as a comedy, it was crap. Worse than crap. I'd rather stare at steaming crap than watch this again.

Pro's: Great gags, witty banter, fantastic ending between our two life long friends. Con's: Colour (didn't need it), romantic schmaltz (way too gooey in places), slapstick (some visual gags were a bit too dumbed down), soundtrack not as interesting as Clerks 1 (except for Soul Asylum's "Misery" at the end).All in all, slightly disappointing follow up, I think they had too much money to spend on it and mainstreamed it a little bit too much. If you hadn't seen Clerks 1, this film works without previous knowledge of the characters, but obviously it benefits you greatly if you have, except you do realise they've made it more mainstream and less culty.