Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001): Dir: Kevin Smith / Cast: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Shannon Elizabeth, Will Ferrell, Eliza Dushku: A celebration of characters made memorable by Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes. The dope dealing duo discover a movie in production based on their personas so they venture to Hollywood to stop it. Amusing setup simmers into road movie formula where they molest a nun, steal an ape, and encounter four female thieves. Director Kevin Smith delivers Hollywood in jokes with celebrities spoofing themselves yet this still manages to be only a routine road movie crude comedy. Mewes and Smith are on target until the road trip then everything depends on celebrity cameos and a dreary subplot regarding the four female thieves. In the end they stand up for the little guy as well as gain acclaim in Hollywood for which they cause quite a fiasco. Shannon Elizabeth among the thieves is weak. None of these females are particularly well drawn but Elizabeth and her desires for Jay is too far fetched. Will Ferrell is hilarious as a ranger whom is constantly made the fool yet his determination seems to pull through. Eliza Dushku leads the female bandits that also include Ali Larter and Jennifer Schwalbach. Film ties together characters from previous Smith films with references to Hollywood but the humour is vulgar with a total lack of dignity in its heroes. Score: 7 ½ / 10
Review of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
