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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) 6.8
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6.8/10 from 98,125 users
Metascore: 51/100
Reviews: 856 user | 183 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Kevin Smith |
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| Kevin Smith | ... | ||
| Ben Affleck | ... |
Holden McNeil /
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| Brian O'Halloran | ... |
Dante Hicks
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| Jennifer Schwalbach Smith | ... |
Missy
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| Jason Lee | ... | ||
| Judd Nelson | ... |
Sheriff
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Hitchhiker
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Nun
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police, the jewel thieves, and the Bluntman and Chronic ... Written by Lordship
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Hollywood had it coming See more »Genres:
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Rated R for nonstop crude and sexual humor, pervasive strong language, and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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24 August 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$22,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$89,005 (Brazil) (23 August 2002)Gross:
$89,005 (Brazil) (23 August 2002)Company Credits
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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: ...
[...]
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Written by P.J. Harvey (as PJ Harvey)
Performed by P.J. Harvey (as PJ Harvey)
Used by permission of Hothead Music Ltd. (PRS)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd., under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Did You Know?
Trivia
When Jay and Silent Bob are running from the guards on the Miramax lot, they knock over a man in a Daredevil costume. Kevin Smith was a writer on "Daredevil" for Marvel Comics and later even appeared in Daredevil. See more »Goofs
When the dog is talking like Scooby, if you look to the upper left hand corner of the screen, you will notice no-one is driving the car. Since this is a hallucination, logic takes a holiday. See more »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: ...
[...]
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Crazy Credits
No animals were harmed while making this movie, but some internet snipers got their asses handed to them. See more »Soundtracks
"This Is Love"Written by P.J. Harvey (as PJ Harvey)
Performed by P.J. Harvey (as PJ Harvey)
Used by permission of Hothead Music Ltd. (PRS)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd., under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Whatever went wrong with Kevin Smith's 1995 film Mallrats has been fixed in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Now in 2001, Kevin Smith devotes ninety-five minutes of film to himself. Any negative reviews you may read are surely written by critics who weren't big fans of Smith's previous efforts (especially Mallrats). J&SBSB is a movie for the View Askew fans. The film contains many references to Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), and Dogma (1999) as well as the Clerks comic books and the Jay and Silent Bob comic book, Chasing Dogma, that bridges the gap between Chasing Amy and Dogma (actually, a great deal of the film's road trip comes directly from this book).
J&SBSB (the fifth film in the New Jersey Trilogy, much like The Hitchhiker's Guide five-part trilogy) is filled to the brim with crude humor that usually turns off most movie critics, but it's crude humor with Kevin Smith's familiar wit. It's written for Jason Mewes to really shine in his performance (I never thought I'd say that).
The major part of this film that stood out for me is the craft. The craft?! What the hell could I be talking about? As many know, Kevin Smith's movies are notorious for having almost zero camera moves. This is Kevin Smith's most technically superior film (probably because it's his highest budget). There are camera moves and excellent camera angles. In Smith's last film, Dogma, as well as this one, he utilizes the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Why in the world he feels that he needs to use such scope in these films is beyond me.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is not a "real" movie. Chasing Amy is the closest Smith has come to that. For the View Askew/Kevin Smith fans, this is his best film. It will certainly be interesting to see what kind of movies Smith decides to make now that his New Jersey Trilogy has come to a close and he doesn't have the familiar characters to fall back on.