Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Smith (characters)
Kevin Smith (written by)

Release Date:

24 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Hollywood had it coming

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Jay And Silent Bob | Orangutan | Drugs | Hollywood | Police

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Mewes	...	Jay
Kevin Smith	...	Silent Bob
Ben Affleck	...	Holden McNeil / Himself
Jeff Anderson	...	Randal Graves
Brian O'Halloran	...	Dante Hicks (as Brian Christopher O'Halloran)
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Justice
Eliza Dushku	...	Sissy
Ali Larter	...	Chrissy
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith	...	Missy (as Jennifer Schwalbach)
Will Ferrell	...	Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
Jason Lee	...	Brodie Bruce / Banky Edwards
Judd Nelson	...	Sheriff
George Carlin	...	Hitchhiker
Carrie Fisher	...	Nun
Seann William Scott	...	Brent

Also Known As:

VA5 (USA) (working title)
View Askew 5 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for nonstop crude and sexual humor, pervasive strong language, and drug content.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Finland:K-15 | USA:R (No. 38444) | USA:TV-MA (tv rating) | Hong Kong:III | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:18 | Israel:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Camarillo, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Kevin Smith] [Jaws]Numerous references to Jaws (1975).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The label in the animal testing lab under the dart gun implores you to "brake" glass.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Silent Bob's Mother: Bobby Boy, stay here while mommy picks up the free cheese, kay? Here, this will keep the sun out of your eyes.
[puts a baseball cap on his head backwards]
Silent Bob's Mother: You be good, now.
[walks in store, then Jay and his Mom arrive]
Jay's Mother: Alright, don't you fuckin' move you little shit machine. Your Momma's going to try to score.
Passerby: What the hell? 'Scuse me. Who's watching these babies?
Jay's Mother: Uh... the fat one's watchin the little one?
Passerby: Oh yeah, nice parenting. Leave 'em out here like that and see what happens.
Jay's Mother: YO, FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING SQUARE!
Passerby: Oh yeah, keep on truckin'!
Jay's Mother: [to infant Jay] Did ya hear that fuckin' guy tellin' me how to fuckin' raise ya? What a motherfucker, man! Who the fuck does that fuckin' guy think he is? What's the worst fuckin' thing that can fuckin' happen to ya just standing outside a fuckin' store, right? Fuck!
[Jay's mother walks into the record store, leaving infant Jay and Silent Bob in their strollers]
Baby Jay: [his first words] Fuck... fuck... fuck... fuck...

Movie Connections:

References Reindeer Games (2000)

Soundtrack:

Plastic Jesus

An awesome "end" to Smith's Jersey series...

This is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. I say this because it is the only movie I have ever laughed out loud at in a theater. I know a lot of people complain because the movie is toilet humor, vulgar language, and sex jokes. But so what? Kevin Smith took on serious topics before, this is his chance to kick back. If you go into this movie expecting to be enlightened, then there is something seriously wrong with you.

In the film, Jay and Silent Bob discover that Miramax will be making a movie based on "Bluntman & Chronic", the comic based on themselves. Soon after discovering the insults people are slinging about the movie on the internet, Jay and Silent Bob head to Hollywood to shut the movie down and protect their "good" names. This movie ties together all of Smith's other Jersey crew films, with appearances by characters from "Clerks" through "Chasing Amy".

While it is true that you won't get all the jokes unless you've seen Smith's other movies, that won't stop a person from enjoying it if they haven't. When I first saw "Jay & Silent Bob Strikes Back" in theaters, I had only seen "Dogma" beforehand and I thought it was hilarious. Everyone in this movie puts on an awesome comedic performance, though I think my favorite comes from Will Ferrell as an inept wildlife marshal. If you don't mind some distasteful humor, you've got to see this movie.