I’m always torn by this film. It is raunchy and funny and vile and disturbing all at the same time. Revisiting it all these years later I am struck by how many gay jokes are in the film and how awful they are. Interestingly, I noted a credit in the credits that acknowledges that they are vile and makes a statement that those who express homophobic comments are vile. I’m not sure what to make of that.
Jay and Silent Bob are two stoner drug dealers that live in New Jersey and learn that a comic book inspired by them are is being turned into a movie and they have been left out of the money. They head to Hollywood, encountering all sorts of crazy adventures along the way and calling back all of the films they’ve appeared in. Jay and Silent Bob are Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith (the writer/director) and they are hilariously raunchy, unfiltered characters that are also surprisingly charming in their own way.
Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher have very different cameos in the flick and Hamill gets to say, “Don’t f**k with a Jedi Master, man,” which totally makes the movie worth seeing even if he is wielding a dildo when he says it.
Kevin Smith is a charming but raunchy fellow and he readily acknowledges the wrongs of his past (sexist comedy, gay jokes, etc.) and how he is working to move past all of that. I’m grateful that he has denounced Harvey Weinstein and promised to donate all residuals he made from movies he made with the Weinsteins to good causes. I’m also glad he didn’t die from his recent heart attack.
Worth the watch.
