Jersey Girl

Pros: none
Cons: everything

I feel about this film the same way Kevin Smith apparently felt about Magnolia - unless, for some reason, he stopped thinking Magnolia sucked. Jersey Girl is one of several sell-out films, embraced by writer-directors who got a little insecure about ...

Pros: writing, acting and directing. Ben Affleck. George Carlin. Raquel Castro
Cons: Moments where I lost interest and had to get back into the story. Liv Tyler

There are authors and directors who center most of their work in a single geographical area. Joyce wrote about Dublin in such detail that today it's possible to use his books as a guide to the city. Stephen King sets his work in fictional area of New ...

Pros: George Carlin is great
Cons: Affleck and Lopez need not ever be in a film together ever again

This was Kevin Smith's first film without the safety net of his Jay And Silent Bob characters, and it was a ballsy move, but also a necessary one. As a director who is always going to be typecast because he's not making movies that the artsy audience ...

Pros: Funny, Sweet, Good Characters, Good Acting
Cons: Predictable Plot, Kevin Smith's Lack of Trust In His Audience

In his first five films and single cartoon series, Kevin Smith created a universe that is immediately recognizable to fans of his work. It is in his mythical New Jersey that a drug dealer named Jay and his hetero- lifemate Silent Bob encountered ...

Pros: Enjoyable, moving, some people will identify with it
Cons: Some fans will really hate it.

"Clerks" filmmaker Kevin Smith has said he knew going in that this movie, which is far more commercial than any other independent, anti-Hollywood movie he's done before, would lose him some fans, and it probably has. However, I'm a fan of his, and he ...

Pros: clear purposed plot, original script, dialogue, realistic scenes, music
Cons: uninteresting characters, no depth seemingly

I have found it hard to believe Kevin Smith wrote and directed this sweet, delicate movie. It is the most commercial and considerate film Smith has crafted, and it really works on a gentle level. That's not to say the script is blunt, direct, and has ...

Pros: Great cast, poignant, Smith's growth, a good watch
Cons: Jennifer Lopez, somewhat predictable, can't please everyone

I'm bracing myself for impact. This review will surely anger a few Kevin Smith fans and break all of my credibility, but I don't care: I like Jersey Girl. After a decade of d*ck and fart jokes culminating to one full length joke, Jay and Silent ...

Pros: Kevin Smith is a funny guy, and George Carlin even moreso.
Cons: It's your conventional romantic comedy, with a predictable ending.

Kevin Smith, long known for his foul-mouthed ventures and geeky comic book fanboy ramblings, here makes a film completely opposite to his previous movies. Ten years ago, he made Clerks., an excellent, vulgar guy comedy that referenced Star Wars. Now he's ...

Pros: Good storyline, touching, interesting characters, good date movie
Cons: Somewhat unbelievable plot but the acting makes up for it.

I thought the movie was pretty good. Ben Affleck plays the role of Oliver Trinke who works as a publicist in NY city and is about to become a father. His girlfriend is played by Jennifer Lopez. When she dies during childbirth, Ollie is left alone with ...

Pros: Playful, Witty, Kevin Smithy :)
Cons: J-Lo.

Once again, people cannot handle change or growth. Some of us expect Kevin Smith to continue making movies in the vein of Clerks and MallRats until the day he dies. Some of us don't think that it is a-okay for him to explorer different genres within the ...