Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [Region 2] |  | Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran
Category: DVD
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Rating:  466 reviews
Sales Rank: 297796
Format: PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017188884716
ASIN: B00006CY8Y
Theatrical Release Date: August 24, 2001
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With sidesplitting dialogue and rampant profanity, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back reunites Kevin Smith's dynamic duo in supreme lowbrow style. It's the fifth comedy in Smith's celebrated New Jersey "trilogy." Here Quick-Stop potheads Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) wreak vengeance on Hollywood, where Miramax is making a "Bluntman & Chronic" feature inspired by J. and S.B., but without their permission. En route from Jersey to La La Land, Jay and his "hetero life mate" encounter sexy jewel thieves (including the delightful Shannon Elizabeth), a precocious orangutan, a dimwit wildlife marshal (Will Ferrell), and a nonstop parade of in-jokes, harmless (yet controversial) gay jokes, and splendid celebrity cameos. While gently biting the Miramax hand that feeds him, and paying affectionate homage to the Star Wars saga, Smith sheds all inhibitions to give Jay and Silent Bob a stellar sendoff that's nasty, sassy, and undeniably hilarious. --Jeff Shannon
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 Paean to 70s chase movies View-Askew-nicized might be Smith's funniest film yet January 30, 2010
Muzzlehatch (the walls of Gormenghast)
Am I officially a Kevin Smith fan now? OK, I wasn't crazy about ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO; and I haven't seen JERSEY GIRL yet; but I have to say that on the whole, I like all of his other films (yes, even MALLRATS) and frankly am kinda looking forward to both what's coming up next and to rewatching some of the earlier stuff. Yes, me, a snobby fan of classic Hollywood and the French New Wave - I'm a Kevin Smith fanboy. Why? Maybe because some of Smith's growing-up memories as refracted in his films remind me of my own; maybe because Smith himself bears an uncanny resemblance to my best friend in college (who was from...New Jersey); maybe because I've been struggling to escape the low-life myself and Smith sometimes makes me feel sort of OK that I haven't yet.
OK that's going a little far. But without getting into hyperbole, I think this might have been the most outright fun Smith movie for me since CLERKS. The cool thing about it to me, having grown up in the 70s and 80s myself, is how much the film played out like any number of crazy chase/road movie comedies of the mid-60s to mid-80s or so era - from IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD through a whole bunch of Disney comedies through the CANNONBALL RUN films. Loads of guest stars - George Carlin, Judd Nelson, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Wes Craven, Gus Van Sant, etc; a bevy of beauties (Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter, Shannon Elizabeth and Smith's wife Jennifer Schwalbach), and even a damn orangutan. Only the somewhat large amount of profanity and scatological and drug humor keep this from looking very much like a trip back in time 30 or 40 years.
The basic storyline in fact comes out of any number of such films - our eponymous heroes Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (director Smith) have just 3 days to get across country from New Jersey to California to stop the movie that's going to be made, unauthorized, from their story as pictured in the "Bluntman and Chronic" comic. Along the way they have to deal with the leather-clad jewel thief babes mentioned above, cops, a wildlife marshal, annoying folksingers, and various movie industry types. I'm telling you, substitute Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood for the two of them, get rid of the drug humor and cut the language down, and this could've been done in 1977. Or heck, just use Cheech and Chong and update the topical references.
But it never feels like a rip-off, and most of the time it barely even registers as an homage - Smith is good at alternating between the really obvious jokes on his childhood loves (the "Scooby Doo" van, the flight over the Moon in E.T.) and his own trademark lowbrow humor, and the various elements are integrated seamlessly enough that to me it felt like a giant parodic reworking of the whole "family comedy" concept that has largely been replaced by high-concept Steve Martin vehicles today. I was longing for some "Herbie" and some of those Kurt Russell Disney comedies by the end; but I was also pretty continuously amused by the way in which Smith seems to create a whole universe that revolves around all of those innocent memories and transmutes them into something raunchy - and yet, still, somehow just as innocent in a strange way.
Despite the potty humor, there's no nudity - and there's no real violence, after all; the few people that Jay and Bob really do beat up on are, well, Internet geeks. It's as if Smith is trying to say at the end, damn why can't we go back to these innocent days when people didn't have to obsess over every single thing that every celebrity and filmmaker is doing. And why do filmmakers have to take themselves seriously - one of the great joys of JAY AND SILENT BOB is that for all the references and knowing winks, you feel like it's a throwaway, like Smith really doesn't care if it falls flat, and really doesn't think he's doing anything special. And Jay and Silent are his tools to get that across - while at the same time, creating even more of a buzz around themselves and the View-Askewniverse, and Kevin Smith the God of it all.
The DVD is, like all of the DVDs of Smith's films I've seen, absolutely loaded with extras. I don't personally get much out of the bloopers, and I can see why most of the many deleted scenes in this case were in fact kept out of the original release, but the director commentary is entertaining as usual and the package as a whole is great. Even if you have mixed feelings about Smith - or, like me, just have trouble admitting you're a fan - and have avoided this film, I'd suggest at least giving it a rental. You might be surprised, especially if like me you're old enough to remember the 70s and can appreciate Kevin Smith's particular kind of loving - if sometimes deliberately stupid - tribute to some of the films he grew up on.
 Bare bones! January 5, 2010
Svitty
I love this movie so I'm not going to bother reviewing it, I knew what I was getting when I bought it, except for one thing...
My beef is with the severe lack of "bonus" content on this blu-ray release, there is director commentary, that's it...nothing else. The price was not bad ($15 at the time I got it) but for a blu-ray disk from a Kevin Smith movie to not have any bonus material is pretty pathetic if you ask me. Major bummer, would have liked more stuff included, I would have paid more for that opportunity as well...
I only buy movies I watch all the time, and when I do buy them I prefer for them to have tons of extras for when I get bored.
Hollywood Get HAMMERED! October 23, 2009
D. Scott (Dover, DE)
A good sequel to DOGMA as explained in the "back story." It seems the folks associated with DOGMA got death threats after making the movie. AND yet, there WERE folks that wanted MORE of Jay and Silent Bob. THIS film was the result. A hilarious look at Hollywood in a film that seems the LAST we may hear of these two "folks." And it was CLEARLY shown that "Silent Bob" is ONLY a screen persona, as Kevin Smith the actor/director is a VASTLY different personality.
Great Movie September 30, 2009
shannon jones (Alabama, usa)
This is my favorite movie of all time.
This is the best and the most funny movie ever.
But this has alot of cursing so if you dont like
alot of cursing in your movie's i would not watch this
but no nudity i would say this is only for people atleast
15 and up.
but
Must have on Blu-Ray.Looks great on Blu-Ray
Kevin Smith's Stoner Picture September 28, 2009
Matthew Allard (Cleveland, OH)
A Jay and Silent Bob movie? Who would pay to see that?
Kevin Smith proved that these side characters can indeed carry their own movie. The plot is preposterous, the characters cliche, and the cameos rife... but it works. Smith created a world with this movie that doesn't have the same restraints as his others. What other movie could have Ben Affleck playing both himself, AND his Chasing Amy character?
Speaking of which, the movie does contain loads of inside jokes, and while you don't HAVE to have seen Smith's previous films, it certainly helps in appreciating all of the humor.
This movie is a blast, and it really speaks for itself. Just a ridiculous, fun ride with the now-iconic Jay and Silent Bob.
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