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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) Movie Reviews

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Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)

The best-looking, best-scripted and funniest of Smith's pictures, it's also Smith's sharpest....read the complete Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) review at Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)

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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Kevin Smith's (Dogma, Chasing Amy) fifth film was intended to be his last in the microverse (aka, the View Askewniverse) of Jay and Silent Bob, who appeared as characters in his four previous films, though he would return back to it after the less-than-st...read the complete Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

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Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)

At times fun but mostly maddeningly uneven, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back feels less like a full-fledged movie than a side project Smith took on to amuse himself and his buddies....read the complete Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)

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Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)

This kind of wheel spinning comes from having the desire to speak but nothing much to say, and Smith, who's made a slight movie about his being a slight filmmaker, seems to know this....read the complete Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)

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Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

Stunning in its guileless self-love, Smith's doodle-movie shows virtually no sign of being made for an audience. The 90-minute by-product of Smith's let's-shoot-a-movie pot party can be mystifying -- we've all stood soberly by as high friends guffaw at...read the complete Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

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