Kevin Smith's most personal film to date. Set in 1986, a teenage cinephile asks the cute girl out to the 4:30pm showing of an R-rated movie. In the meantime, he and his two buddies spend the day at the theater, hopping from screen to screen, while trying to avoid the high-strung manager. It's the kind of film that will make you smile if you're familiar with the time period and the films being represented, although it's a bit too cutesy with all of its references and numerous winks to the camera. It's one of those movies I wanted to like more than I did, but it ultimately fell short of expectations. I enjoyed it more than Clerks 3, that's all I'll say.
2½ movies snuck into out of 5
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After the MOTU debacle, lying about being a fan of the franchise in the first place, and saying he was a messenger of god and therefore can do no wrong, because he survived the heart attack, I was done with him. I was already over his movies, prior to all that, but I still enjoyed listening to him talk about stuff, because I'm a passion vampire like Persephone. Yes, remind me what it's like to like new things...
I'm planning on nutting the rest of his filmography eventually, but ever since he survived the attack, became a vegan and lost all that weight, his output has lost a lot of its appeal for me. Though one could argue some of that happened around the time of Cop Out (appropriately titled enough), but I still enjoyed some of his weirder offerings. For me, his initial View Askewniverse (1994-2001) remains untouchable and captures a part of my youth.
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