Clerks 2 (2006)

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	Year of first release: 2006
	Director: Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Red State)
	Actors: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson (Deathproof), Kevin Smith (Die Hard 4.0)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 16.04.2014, SD DivX, 16" computer screen
Synopsis: After their Quickstop convenient store burns down, Dante (O'Halloran) and Randal (Anderson) work in a fast food restaurant. Dante is engaged.
Review: After his first movie and revelation, the black & white Clerks, Kevin Smith released this long-awaited sequel more than ten years later. While the first movie was following the couple of friends in their twenties, not so long after college and wondering about their future, Clerks 2 follows the same bunch now in their thirties, wondering if their life should now evolve or stay the same. Clerks 3 is in preparation, logically another 10 years later. According to Clerks there seem to be three type of people in the world. The first are the successful, represented in the Clerks movies by cameos from Smith's friends Ben Affleck and Jason Lee (known from the My name is Earl TV-series). The second are the unsuccessful but who accept their fate and make the best of it, this is Randal. The third are the undecided, too lazy or dumb to be successful but who often would like to be, this is Dante. The conclusion of both movie could be: accept your situation and try to change it only to do something you really want to do. This is far from the American dream. As in all of Smith's movies (at least partially until Red State which is great also in a whole different genre), there are tons of (geeky) dialogs and arguments, and no fewer insults and crude sexual descriptions. Clerks 2 is not as spontaneous and surprising as Clerks, but the same style is easily recognizable and appreciated. It makes me want to see again the other movies by Kevin Smith I have bought some years  when I started to discover and like his style.
Rating: 7 /10