The emetic outpouring of buddy love in the last reel deserves the adults-only certificate that the rest narrowly escapes.

| May 15, 2015

More Empire than Jedi.

| Aug 21, 2009

The laughs are still there.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2006

While the film is rude and raucous throughout, it doesn't have a bad bone in its body, providing a joyous, celebratory swansong for the beloved characters.

| Sep 21, 2006

Clerks II strikes its deepest chords when it appeals to the emotional security of a passionately provincial status quo.

Full Review | Aug 3, 2006

It has a more authentic everyday feel than a lot of movies. But it's also very talky and philosophical for a comedy, which would be okay, except the philosophy is kind of shallow.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2006

I like these characters a lot.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2006

Smith, an inherent optimist, has made a movie full of crude humor that also manages to explore the enduring qualities of friendship.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2006

Although it's as funny as any movie this summer, Clerks II has to struggle to achieve the level of universality that the original "Clerks" seemed to hit effortlessly.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 24, 2006

The patchy work of a director stuck in an uncomfortable purgatory between his old-school comedic crassness and newfound dramatic mushiness.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 21, 2006

Not that Butch and Sundance (or even Harold and Kumar) are going to sweat their place in the buddy movie hall of fame.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2006

Though Clerks II is in color, the acting is just as amateurish and the directing just as awkward as the black-and-white original. Dawson gives the only competent performance, and only Becky and the abused donkey are sympathetic characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2006

All is well with the Clerks world when these stoners take the screen... and prove that guys can grow old and stay immature forever.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2006

Whatever your expectations, they will almost certainly be exceeded by Smith's hilarious and creative return to low-budget cinema.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2006

They say you can't go home again, but writer-director Kevin Smith didn't get the memo.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2006

While it's the sadness of the aging geek that resonates most potently throughout Clerks II, the movie itself is far too glib to let anything that bleak get close enough to the surface to bubble over and stain the counter.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 21, 2006

Clerks II is neither the best nor the worst installment in Smith's Jersey-centric 'askewniverse,' but fans will find plenty to feed their obsession.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2006

For casual fans of writer-director Kevin Smith, his new film, Clerks II, feels a little like the new Pirates of the Caribbean -- a similar wet fizzle of a sequel for sequel's sake -- but what do we know?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 21, 2006

If you're a fan of Clerks... then you'll probably want to see Clerks II.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 21, 2006

Clerks II is dumb. Clerks II is brilliant. Clerks II is a rehash. Clerks II is surprisingly fresh. Clerks II will disappoint you at the same time that it keeps you fully entertained.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 21, 2006