The comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.The comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.The comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
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- Dante
- (as Brian Christopher O'Halloran)
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Did you know
- Trivia(at around 1h 5 mins) Ben Affleck and Matt Damon mention that one reason to do a film is because they owe the director a favor. It was writer and director Kevin Smith who brought the script of Good Will Hunting (1997) to the attention of producer Harvey Weinstein at Miramax.
- Goofs(at around 38 mins) The label in the animal testing lab under the dart gun implores you to "brake" glass.
- Quotes
Holden: If the buzz is any indicator, that movie's gonna make some huge bank.
Jay: What buzz?
Holden: The Internet buzz.
Jay: What the fuck is the Internet?
Holden: The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another.
- Crazy creditsInstead of "Jay and Silent Bob Will Return In...", it now reads, "Jay and Silent Bob have left the building." Then there is a clip of Jay saying "Snoogans" which, he explained to Justice, means "Just kidding".
- Alternate versionsThe Enhanced CD Soundtrack has a video for "Jay's Rap 2001", in which is shown a number of shots that did not make it into the final film mixed in with those that did. These shots include: (1) Jay and Bob in a plane, (2) the two drinking beers (at the appropriate moment of "Jay's Rap") on the set of "Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season", (3) Jay and Bob outside a parking lot, (4) an alternate take of Jay miming sucking a breast in "Brodie's Comic Stash", (5) Jay smoking a cigarette during the "E.T."-influenced bike scene, (6) Bob stepping out of a room with a goofy grin on his face while Jay tokes up, and finally ends with (7) a hilarious blooper where Jay offers Suzanne the orangutan a hit off a joint.
- ConnectionsEdited into Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: Deleted Scenes (2002)
I will grant that this whole thing does play like one giant in-joke, with an impressive roster of cameo appearances (Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, George Carlin, Wes Craven, etc.) as well as encore appearances from characters from previous Smith films. It starts out extremely funny, with some hilarious and on-point dialogue, then starts to go flat as the story takes over and Smith works to get the movie to a substantial feature length. (It might have worked even better as a short.) That said, there are a reasonable amount of laughs to be had, especially as Jay and Silent Bob react to other individuals, or others react to them. Smiths' dialogue is amusingly profane, then begins falling back on the vulgarities a bit much, before calming down again.
There are some funny vignettes, particularly when Jay and Silent Bob are convinced to liberate an orang-utan (people keep referring to it as a "monkey") from an experimental lab, and the cute ape becomes a constant companion. The simian actor playing the role is quite endearing.
Some of the brightest moments involve either the process of acting and filmmaking, or the breaking of the fourth wall. Characters don't necessarily *address* the audience, but they *do* acknowledge them.
Mewes is likeable, but Smith is generally funnier in this viewers' opinion due to never speaking unless he absolutely has to. Smiths' pantomime can be a real hoot. Shannon Elizabeth is adorable as the traveller who becomes the apple of Jays' eye. Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter, and Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (the directors' wife) are sexy and sultry fun as Elizabeths' conniving associates.
Overall, "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is fun stuff, especially for Smith devotees, finishing with a vibrant musical performance by Morris Day and The Time.
Seven out of 10.
- Hey_Sweden
- Oct 1, 2018
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- VA5
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- Budget
- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,085,147
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,018,543
- Aug 26, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $33,788,161
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1