Harrisburg (PA) Patriot News says "Superior"

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: Sharon Johnson, The Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA. : : In defense of "Jay And Silent Bob," it's offensive, funny. : Also, film is profane, irreverent : : Rating:Superior : : If "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is really the comedy to end all Jay and : Silent Bob comedies, the daring duo is going out in style. : : Kevin Smith's all-star (in cameos) tribute to his fictional creations has : everything you've come to expect from the creator of "Clerks." (In other : words: all of you who still regard "Clerks" as one of your most painful : moviegoing moments- and you know who you are!- keep your distance from this : one.) : : The movie is wildly profane, gleefully irreverent, politically incorrect : enough to have alienated the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. : (Who seem to ignore the fact that the homophobic utterances are the : leitmotif of Jay, a role model only for those with IQ's in single digits.) : : But- and here's what separates it from the most recent films from the : Farrelly Brothers and their lesser imitators- "Jay and Silent Bob Strike : Back" is also genuinely, wickedly funny. Though those unfamiliar with : Smith's earlier films may miss many of the jokes. : : Smith, the creator of the Red Bank, NJ. slackers who hang out outside a : convenience store, bites the hands that financed his movie- who knew the : people at Miramax were such good sports?- and cheerfully savages the : industry that has embraced him. : : In their first (and, we're told, last) starring adventure, the dim-witted : Jay and the man of few words, Silent Bob, learn that their comic-book alter : egos are about to be made into a movie. And they're being slandered on the : Internet for selling out. (They're not averse to selling out, you : understands. It's just that nobody's made them an offer.) : : So they set out on a long road trip to stop the movie. Along the way, Jay : (Jason Mewes) finds true love as Smith offers a parody of "Charlie's : Angels" that puts the pathetic send-up of "Scary Movie 2" to shame. : : Other movies take their lumps. I won't spoil the fun by giving you the : details. But Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are among the actors who : contribute to the comic mayhem. : : Comics, actors, directors (including a hilarious cameo from Gus Van Sant): : You just never know who'll turn up next in Smith's wide-ranging, : free-wheeling but surprisingly well-organized comedy. : : The look of the movie suggests that Smith (who also plays a surprisingly : dapper Silent Bob) is maturing as a filmmaker even as he retains his : anarchic, bad-boy writing style. : : Yes, there is something to offend almost everyone in "Jay and Silent Bob : Strike Back." The easily offended might keep their distance. : : Those who are most offended by comedies that just aren't funny will find : cause for celebration in Smith's latest film. : : Some may regard this R-rated comedy, which stretches the limit of the : rating, as a guilty pleasure. But in a summer when moviegoers have had too : few pleasures, why waste time feeling guilty about having fun?

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