Film Review: "Clerks II" (2006)

Have you ever wondered what a love story that crosses nearly every single line when it comes to matters of race, disability, sexual orientation and just general overall decency would be like?

If so, you've got your answer.

"Clerks II" picks up a number of years after the first "Clerks", with the main characters of the first film still amounting to basically zilch and working at a fast-food joint. The story happens within a one-day period and finds our anti-heroes once again questioning their meaningless existences around conversations related to the health hazards of a certain sexual act, the likelihood (or not) that Sam and Frodo from Lord of the Rings were gay, and the acceptability of certain racial epithets, among other things, as Dante prepares to move to Florida to get married. Thanks largely to the machinations of Randal, things come to a very uncomfortably messy head once the fast-food place closes. I won't give anything more away, but suffice it to say that if you are in the least bit uptight, prudish, easily offended or politically correct, what is surprisingly the feel-good movie of the year (complete with sappy Alanis and Soul Asylum tunes on the soundtrack) is just going to make you ill. I know, it sounds weird, but trust me. If you take Team America and multiply it by American Pie, that's how rude this thing is.

See it, if only because it's bound to be a conversation starter at parties - or a conversation ender, depending on the type of people you hang out with.

Overall rating: 7.5/10