Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2019
	Director: Kevin Smith (Clerks 1-2, Tusk, Dogma)
	Actors: Kevin Smith (Live Free or Die Hard), Jason Mewes (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), Harley Quinn Smith (Yoga Hosers)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 27.07.2020, VOD, 14" computer  screen.
Synopsis: Small-time drug dealers Jay (Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) learn that a reboot movie is being made from their characters (again) but this time to the point that their are robbed of their names. They can't let that slide and head to Hollywood to stop the production.
Review: Legendary independent filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks) doesn't direct much anymore those days, except when he chooses to because he has some something to say (like in Red State in 2011), a great idea (like for Tusk in 2014) or wants to go back to his favorite characters like in Yoga Hosers in 2016, this movie or the announced Clerks 3. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot looks a bit cheap and has the same feel as his most recent Yoga Hosers, i.e. a movie which doesn't want to waste time with details perfection but rather focus on characters, dialogs and winks to the audience. And that's fine with me. The beginning especially feels odd, too much directed towards the camera, but once the story gets going I was not distracted anymore. In fact, the movie gets better and better with a third act similar in scope to the one in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. There are tons of reference throughout the movie, from obvious winks by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to their previous movies (funny the one by Affleck about his Batman roles), to more obscure references to characters in past Smith movies ("Fifteen bucks, little man, put that shit, in my hand!"). Indeed, all movies from the View Askewniverse are quoted and part of the story, but all other movies by Smith as well except maybe for Red State, his only "serious" one. Even though the movie has ups and downs, I will gladly watch it again to catch more of those details. Past movies are mentioned but past characters are also present, some of them I had forgotten which reminds me that I haven't seen some of his movies in a long time and I should correct that. There are also cameos by plenty of new friends of the director, like Val Kilmer. A must-see for any Kevin Smith fan.
Rating: 6 /10