Clerks II (2006)

A calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at the fast food empire Mooby's.

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writer:

Kevin Smith

Stars:

Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brian O'Halloran	...	Dante
Jeff Anderson	...	Randal
Jason Mewes	...	Jay
Kevin Smith	...	Silent Bob
Jake Richardson	...	Teen #1
Ethan Suplee	...	Teen #2
Rachel Larratt	...	Counter Girl with Ear Guy
Shannon Larratt	...	Ear Guy
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith	...	Emma (as Jennifer Schwalbach)
Ben Affleck	...	Gawking Guy
Sarah Ault	...	Catholic Schoolgirl
Lalida Sujjavasin	...	Catholic Schoolgirl
Trevor Fehrman	...	Elias
Gail Stanley	...	Elias' Mom
Bruce Macintosh	...	Elias' Dad

Storyline

A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional fast-food restaurant. Free from his dead-end job (and lodged in a new one), Dante begins to break free of his rut, planning to move away with his clingy fiancé. Dante is ready to leave the horrors of minimum-wage New Jersey behind, but Randal - always the more hostile of the two - starts to become overwhelmed by his own rancor.

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Plot Keywords:

fast food restaurant | bromance | jay and silent bob | voyeur | locked in jail | 

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Taglines:

No Experience Necessary

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive sexual and crude content including aberrant sexuality, strong language and some drug material

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Clerks 2

Filming Locations:

21 Jackson St, Highlands, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,061,132, 23 July 2006

Gross USA:

$24,148,068

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,986,174

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Weinstein Company, View Askew Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White (some sequences) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dante paints Becky's toe nails. In Clerks (1994), Dante painted the finger nails of his then-girlfriend Veronica.

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Goofs

When Dante first shows up at the store and lifts the lock to open the metal shutters, he doesn't sense anything amiss inside. When he lifts the shutter to find a violent inferno inside, he closes the door with his bare hands and then lifts it again. If the store were really burning so violently, the metal shutters and lock would have certainly been too hot to be touched.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dante Hicks: [on his cellphone] Yeah, I got a fire at the Quick Stop. Yeah.

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Crazy Credits

The list of names in the closing credits is (as of 2015) the longest in history. Kevin Smith included the names of everyone who had joined his "friends network" on MySpace, stretching the end credits to a staggering 163,070 names.

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Connections

Featured in The Cinema Snob: Los Ritos Sexuales Del Diablo (2007)

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Soundtracks

ABC
Written by Fonce Mizell (as Alphonso Mizell), Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy,
Jr.)
Performed by Jackson 5 (as The Jackson 5)
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Excellent Movie!

You'll like Clerks 2. If you liked the original Clerks, this is Kevin's Smith's masterpiece. It mirrors the original Clerks, but it shows how much he's grown as a writer and a director. From the black and white/color shots, to the crane shot (a *beep* crane shot), to just the placement of people in the Camera shots...everyone one of these things contributed to the overall enjoyment of this movie.

The script is crisp and tense, with just the right amount of reality and joy. There is no long monologues or actors stumbling over lines. There's this freedom in Smith's work that doesn't feel forced or attempting to impress anyone...but he impresses everyone with just the beautiful way of putting together his scenes.

I wholeheartedly recommend this movie to anyone and everyone, but especially those who are on the verge of 30 and the rest of your life. It definitely impressed me and touched me in a way that I didn't expect. It's a fitting end to the Jersey Viewaskewverse.

Hopefully, in 10 years, they do another Clerks movie. I'd love to see these guys in their 40s. Randal and Dante are the most engaging of couples and Smith writes such an engaging story about friends in their 30s without pandering or compromising the vision of their piece.

You will love it. Even if you hated all his other movies past Clerks, you will love it.