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4 days ago · From Clerks and Dogma to Chasing Amy, discover the best movies directed by Kevin Smith!
- Yoga Hosers
- Cop Out
- Jersey Girl
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
- Zack and Miri Make A Porno
- Dogma
- Tusk
- Clerks III
- Clerks II
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
The second film of Kevin Smith movies in his proposed True North trilogy – following 2014’s Tusk – can only be described as a cinematic abomination of stupefyingly terrible quality and very comfortably festers at the very bottom of his filmography. Yoga Hosers follows two 15-year-old yoga enthusiasts and convenience store clerks from Manitoba (Lily...
Cop Out is certainly terrible; it’s a tacky, mean-spirited, and flabbily-paced rehashing of buddy cop clichés that were already well-worn and ripe for mockery years before it was released. However, at least its atrociousness comes in a more plainly flat and unfunny way than the eye-gouging irritation that Yoga Hosers triggers. The perfunctory and h...
Jersey Girl was without Jay and Silent Bob, and therefore clearly a real attempt by Smith to branch out and try his hand at something a little more adult, cinematic, and less scruffy. In the film, Ben Affleck struggles to navigate the tribulations of being a single father and salvage his career after moving back in with his father. Despite his earn...
The Jay and Silent Bob Reboot finds Smith catering squarely to his own die-hard fans and doubling down on the self-mythologizing to deliver what is inarguably the most Kevin Smith film to date. Sardonically rehashing the narrative of their original 2001 film, Smith’s most popular and enduring slacker creations, Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and S...
Judd Apatow’s sex comedies of the early-to-mid 2000s – Superbad, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, etc. – essentially picked up where Kevin Smith’s original run of similarly fun but filthy-minded films left off. It’s ironic, then, that Zack and Miri Make A Porno found Smith making a movie that could easily be mistaken for an Apatow comedy at firs...
Smith’s first film with a double-figure budget might just be his most ambitious, though it's not necessarily his most significant to date. Dogma tells the story of two fallen angels, Bartleby and Loki (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon), who attempt to use a loophole to ascend back to Heaven after being excommunicated by God. By doing so, however, they’ll...
Avoiding the gravitational pull of the View Askewniverse for a number of years following the success of Clerks II, Smith was seemingly intent on developing another body of films with their own recurring characters and irreverent interweaving stories. This time they would encompass decidedly horror-inflected subject matter and consistently take plac...
In his most recent filmmaking endeavor, Smith turns back to his roots within the View Askewniverse by rounding out the final Clerks installment, Clerks III. This time, however, the filmmaker takes a similar approach to Zack & Miri by making a meta film-within-a-film. In the movie, Randal suffers a heart attack and begins to question the meaning of ...
Following his self-described failure with Jersey Girl, his full-hearted attempt to grow as a filmmaker, Smith returned to the sanctuary of the View Askewniverse. Picking up a decade after Clerks, the film again follows perennial minimum-wagers Randal and Dante who must individually determine their destinies while working at a fast-food chain. It’s ...
Having created his own appealing universe of suburban Gen-X slackerism, it was time for Smith to create something of a spinoff for his most commonly recurring characters: dope-smoking miscreants Jay and Silent Bob. The result was a film that was far smarter than most would have ever expected. Similar to Reboot, Strike Back focuses upon the eponymou...
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- Clerks (1994) If you weren’t around in the ‘90s, or were too young to remember that decade, it’s hard to describe just how seminal Kevin Smith’s first and best movie really was.
- Chasing Amy (1997) Kevin Smith’s third feature film is often regarded by many as his best, his “most mature,” and his most fully realized. While that may have been true then and still is in many ways, 25 years later the movie is semi-problematic in its depiction of male attitudes toward female sexuality.
- Dogma (1999) READERS’ CHOICE. How one feels about Dogma may be informed by where, exactly, one first watched Dogma. If you’re like me and first viewed Kevin Smith’s simultaneous ode to and condemnation of his native Catholicism as a midday TV movie on Comedy Central in the early aughts, then Dogma is certainly one of filmmaker’s best creations.
- Mallrats (1995) Like many of Smith’s early films, Mallrats hasn’t aged especially well but it achieved a cult following at the time thanks to its youthful energy and charismatic cast.
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- Clerks. Almost thirty years later, Smith’s first film remains his best. Made for $27,575 while Smith was working at the convenience store, Clerks is packed with the experiences of a person who has grown exhausted with the customer service industry, but with a passion to get out and become a filmmaker.
- Dogma. It’s always wonderful to watch Smith explore a topic that he’s deeply passionate about, whether it’s the comical and frustrating life of working at a convenience store, or with Dogma, delving into his difficulties with the Catholic faith that he was raised in.
- Clerks II. Five years after (supposedly) closing the book on the View Askewniverse, Smith returned to this world once more with Dante and Randal, who now work at a Mooby’s fast food restaurant after the Quick Stop burns down.
- Clerks III. After over a decade of Smith making films that felt more like whims and podcast jokes come to life, it took a heart attack for Smith to return to a more personal tone in his filmmaking.
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- Zack and Miri Make a Porno. This movie came out right before Smith’s abrupt interest in darkly comedic thrillers. Zack and Miri Make a Porno is easily the filthiest movie Smith ever made, which seems inherent to the title.
- Tusk. Tusk was a criminally underrated movie. It’s always fun to see Smith incorporate his lifestyle, and the podcaster angle is amusing. Justin Long brings a great deal of charm, even after his relationship faults are revealed.
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. This selection is probably the silliest movie on Smith’s filmography, but it also feels the most fitting. The story is boisterous, even more immature than usual, and distinctly leans on meta-humor.
- Jersey Girl. Although Smith is known to feed into negative opinions, this is actually a decent movie. It’s often considered a little too sentimental, and perhaps it has some clichés, but the performances are solid, especially Raquel Castro and George Carlin.
1. Clerks. 1994 1h 32m R. 7.7 (233K) Rate. 70 Metascore. A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. Director Kevin Smith Stars Brian O'Halloran Jeff Anderson Marilyn Ghigliotti. 2.
Apr 12, 2024 · List of the best Kevin Smith movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Kevin Smith's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world.
