Kevin Smith's third full length feature sees the writer/director in more reflective mood.
The plot:
Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) and Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) are moderately successful comic book artists. Their comics bring droves of adoring fans but, for all their success, the pair cannot find true love. Banky, for his part, behaves like a child, repelling women at every turn, whereas Holden has the misfortune of falling for the one women his good looks seem unlikely to appeal to: the local lesbian, Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams). Well, this being a movie an' all, she begins to fall for the dubious charms of Holden and, now he has precisely what he wants, his sabotage behaviour kicks in, as Alyssa reveals a past filled with sexual adventure and thrill-seeking that Holden is not entirely comfortable with.....
More mature than his previous two offerings, this is the point where Smith really feels like he has grown up.
And what a crying shame that is too.
For the most part, gone are the outrageous vulgarities, in their place adults discussing sexual conquests and sexual positions and their low-self esteem with regards their own love lives and, frankly, it just got on my nerves.
Jay and Silent Bob put in appearance, but even this isn't right, as Bob begins to speak. Now, I get the joke, but it killed the character stone dead, primarily because Kevin Smith, the director, plays Silent Bob and, once he opens his mouth, he can't act for shit.
More mainstream, less disgustingly ribald, this seemed to be pitched more towards the multiplex drones than genuine Kevin Smith fans and it really suffered as a result.
Disappointed.
3 out of 5
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