Jay: Jason Mewes	Silent Bob: Kevin Smith
Holden: Ben Affleck	Will Hunting: Matt Damon
Justice: Shannon Elizabeth	Various well know names in cameos
Director: Kevin Smith	Sissy: Eliza Dushku

30 Second Bottom Line: Two guys who create comic book characters make a road trip to Hollywood to keep their story from being made into a movie, for which they are not being paid.

Story Line: Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) created the comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic. When they learn that the comic will be made into a movie and they are not getting paid for it, they decide to travel from New Jersey to Hollywood to stop the production.

Along the way they meet Justice and Sissy (Shannon Elizabeth and Eliza Dushku) who are part of a gang of jewel thieves, Charlie's Angels style, masquerading as animal rights activists. They use their looks and smarts to play off of Jay's stupidity and libido and to enlist his help to steal an animal while they pull off a jewel heist at the building next door.

Soon Jay and Silent Bob are wanted men being chased by the police. The sequence of events during a chase through a tunnel at Hoover Dam is so stupid, yet well done, that I couldn't help but laugh.

When Jay and Silent Bob arrive in Hollywood, and make their presence felt, they continue to push the dick jokes. This fits right into the persona of Chris Rock, a movie director who intends to have "more white girls in this trailer than were on the first boat that left the Titanic." Bad guys get punished and Jay and Silent Bob get their justice in the end-they strike back!!!

Tell Me More About It: I was all set to really hate this movie when it opened on such a dumbo downbeat note. The use of the `f' word is excessive, to the point of being annoying, and seeing mothers leave their young children unattended on the street is not funny. Follow that up with one of the infants standing up in his stroller and using the `f' word to another infant and I'm thinking I'll give this puppy "minus four stars."

Although the foul language was consistent throughout and some of the fart jokes were an irritant, quite a few of the gags, skits and running routines had me laughing. And since the purpose of a comedy is to make you laugh, the film does have some redeeming value.

When Miramax has a film that does not fit the art house image, they distribute it under the Dimension Films label. So let's see, Disney owns Miramax and they own Dimension, which gives us this gem. That's quite a creative use of branding. Miramax was a running joke, which never wore thin on me. Jay and Silent Bob set it right out there when they break character, look into the camera, and admit that they have a preoccupation for jokes focusing on weed, dicks and farts.

As for the film industry, they not only poke fun at Miramax, but also at film critics on the Internet. Their favorite web site is www.moviepoopsheet.com and it consists of critics who claim they hate certain films but can't stop talking about them. Somewhere in that conversation, they turn to the audience and say, "Who'd pay to see a movie about Jay and Bob?"

The cameos are outstanding, with people such as Wes Craven of Scream fame making fun of himself and Chris Rock doing his stand up routine. Chris is upset because he alleges that he had the idea for Sesame Street and that it was stolen from him. He wanted to call it NWP-"N------ With Puppets."

The best cameo performances are from Ben Affleck Affleck and Matt Damon. Affleck makes fun of himself in prior movies and later he gets on Matt Damon when he points out that Matt was "a gay serial killer who liked to ride horses when he was not playing golf." That takes in the three movies The Talented Mr. Ripley, All The Pretty Horses and the Legend of Bagger Vance)!!!! Damon comes back right away with the fact that Ben played in Reindeer Games and had this been filmed a little later, he could have made a dig about Affleck in Pearl Harbor as well.

While I can't recommend the film, because of it extensive stupidity and lame plot, if you have been forewarned and want to see something with the type of humor described, go check it out. Even with my attitude of not wanting to like the movie, I found myself laughing at times. You might too. Morris Day turns it out at the end of the movie by showing us how R&B music can really rock the house. This is a movie that I just love to hate.

Not Rated (sex; nudity; drugs; violence; extensive use of the f word; language; humor way beyond crude)

George@reelmoviecritic.com

Jason Mewes: Scream 3	Kevin Smith: Scream 3
Ben Affleck: Pearl Harbor	Matt Damon: The Legend of Bagger Vance
Shannon Elizabeth: Scary Movie 2	Eliza Dushku: Bring It On