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Just came home from the movies. Saw Clerks II. Heather and I are big Kevin Smith fans (though we didn't dig Jersey Girl), so it is with a heavy heart that I say that we both deemed this film mediocre. The most basic flaw? No story. Not in a cool indie film no-story-but-really-a-story way like, say, Clerks, but just no story. So we were left to laugh at some predictably rude jokes, gaze upon the beautiful Rosario Dawson (while sadly acknowledging that her character was absolutely a two-dimensional plot device), and enjoying the performance of Trevor Fehrman, an actor that we have never seen before but look forward to seeing again.

Alex's review (in the single-post thread) pretty much nailed criticism I have of the acting (but what's a Clerks flick without Dante?).

After enjoying the Clerks Animated Series on DVD, I just wish Smith had done something more than just try to recapture the feeling of the original film. He's better than that.

Two stagnant stars.