POSITIVES
If you’re a Kevin Smith fan, or have enjoyed the View Askew movies, then there is absolutely no reason why you wouldn’t enjoy the much anticipated Clerks III. You the fans will feel rewarded by this film, and not just by the many cameos and call backs that you will find in it. Plus the soundtrack is awesome too.
Huge kudos to the ensemble cast! Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman, Austin Zajur, Jason Mewes, Silent Bob, Rosario Dawson, Amy Sedaris, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Justin Long, and Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, plus many more. You all helped make this movie a very fun experience to watch.
That dialogue. The writing is on point with the conversations and the jokes and all the references. I just wanted to keep listening to these characters talk.
The back and forth between Dante and Randal AND Elias are a huge chunk of what makes this movie so very entertaining to watch. The supporting cast gets a piece of all that bantering too, and it’s all good stuff. In a Kevin Smith movie, the conversations are the action sequences.
Besides all the meta stuff, and all that nostalgia, there is a legitimate thematic statement and commentary that is being relayed to us here. I’ll admit that I also got rather emotional by the time the end credits rolled.
NEGATIVES
Is this only for the fans? Will they be the only ones who’ll really enjoy this?
Certain plot decisions that may not please everybody at all.
There’s a tonal shift that some people might be caught off guard with.
Kevin Smith never claimed to be the most visual director, so yeah, this doesn’t necessarily offer a visually spectacular experience.
This movie kinda cheated a bit with the movie within a movie movie. Plot hole? Or just suspend your disbelief as much as you can!
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