It is almost impossible to classify Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as anything other than “funny as hell” but in sort of trashy way. Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith are back as Jay and Silent Bob, on a quest to Hollywood to stop the reboot of Bluntman and Chronic from being made.
Pause the SCIFI.radio stream using the controller at the upper right while you watch. And, oh, yeah, if you haven’t figured this out by now, this trailer is full of profane language. Make sure your kids – or your boss – has left the room before you hit “play”.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot doesn’t just break the fourth wall. It charges through the fourth wall like the Kool-Aid man driving a tank while stoned out of his mind. Every scene is meticulously handcrafted to yield the highest degree of absurdity possible while still holding together some sense of plot, and it’s always extremely self-aware in ways movies usually aren’t.
The film is also practically a who’s who of Hollywood. It’s as though writer / director Kevin Smith called everybody he knew and said, “hey, I’m makin’ a new movie with F-bombs every 45 seconds. Wanna be in it?”
To which apparently a very large number of them called back and said, “sure, why not, where do I sign?”
The cast list includes a fair number of people who are just in there playing themselves, and a lot of the rest of them are playing Comic-con attendees. This is as self referential as it gets. Here’s the list:
Chris Hemsworth
Shannon Elizabeth … Justice
Melissa Benoist
Kevin Smith … Silent Bob
Joe Manganiello … Bailiff
Rosario Dawson … Becky
Grant Gustin
Justin Long … Lawyer
Joey Lauren Adams … Alyssa Jones
Jason Lee … Brodie Bruce
Kate Micucci … Mooby’s Employee
Jason Biggs … Jason Biggs
Harley Quinn Smith … Milly
Jason Mewes Jason Mewes … Jay
David Dastmalchian … Nervous Cop
James Van Der Beek … James Van Der Beek
Diedrich Bader … Security Guard Gordon
Tom Cavanagh
Frankie Shaw … Prosecutor
Joseph D. Reitman … Beleaguered A.D.
Craig Robinson … Judge
Molly Shannon
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith … Missy
Method Man
Jeff Chase … Legree
Tommy Chong Carlos Valdes
Aparna Brielle … Jihad
Brian O’Halloran … Dante Hicks
Kenneth Kynt Bryan … Drag Queen
Ralph Garman
Chris Jericho
Jake Richardson
Sue-Lynn Ansari … Sue-Lynn Ansari
Jordan Monsanto … Bailiff
Redman
Donnell Rawlings … Captain
Billy Slaughter … (voice)
Sheenan Cole … Comic Con Attendee
Alice Wen … Shan Yu
Treshelle Edmond … Soapy
Mike R. Moreau … Comic Con Attendee
Christopher Robin Smith … Old Silent Bob / Old Kevin Smith CosPlayer (as Christopher Smith)
Elton LeBlanc … Shopping Mall Patron
Cynthia LeBlanc … Shopping Mall Patron
Chelsey Cole … Walking Dead Fan
Michael McHugh … American Goddess
Will Wilkins … Silent Bob Cosplayer
Ryan James … Chronic Con Contest Winner / Jay Cosplayer
Jami White … Robot Chronic Cosplayer
Jay M Boyd … Silent Bob Cosplayer
Nick Fellinger
Phillip Lybrand … Silent Bob Cosplayer
Jenanne Alexander … Chronic Con Attendee
Mike Drimones
Brian Plaideau … Voodoo Zombie Bluntman Cosplayer
Jeffrey Klemmer … SWAT Arresting Officer
Zak Gonzalez … Bluntman Cosplayer
Laura Dobberstein … Wake and Bake Bluntman Cosplayer
Paul Chartier … Chronic Con Vendor
Verna Vendetta … Jay Cosplayer
Richard Pugh … Convention Attendee
Royunique Cameron … Chronic Con Attendee
Eric Rhoades … Baby Driver Jay Cosplayer
Mike Carbuccia … Silent But Deadly Bob Cosplayer
Stuart Pollock … Contest Winner
Anthony Tari … Silent Bob Cosplayer
George Gauvin … Chronic Con Vendor
Amanda Macon … Bluntman Cosplayer
Jennifer Kaminski … Chronic Cosplayer
Dan Ballester … Chronic Con Contest Winner / Silent Bob Cosplayer
Anthony Polichemi … Chronic Con Vendor
Dj Gove … Bluntman Cosplayer VIP
Bill Shorter … Chronic Con Extra
Jim Fairchild … Silent Bob cosplayer
Forest Ledbetter … Silent Tusk Cosplay
James Vertovec … Silent Bob Cosplayer
Josh C. Logan … Zombie Bob Cosplayer
Steven Jennings … Chronic-Con Attendee
Matt Westphalen … Chronic Con Contest Winner / Silent Bob Cosplayer
Amaryllis Ruiz … Zombie Chronic Cosplayer
Brian Stoner … Convention Attendee
Andrew James Burst … Bluntman Cosplayer (uncredited)
This is going to be one of those films that you will either get it, or you won’t. If you’re not into Comic-Con culture, you’ll be missing some of the context, but most of the jokes will land anyway.
This film is extremely blue, and if you’re not comfortable with that, you won’t like it. That said, for those that are, it looks pretty @#$@ funny.
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