Dogma

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with a homeless man (Bud Cort) on a deserted New Jersey boardwalk in Asbury Park being assaulted and severely beaten by three mysterious pre-teen kids in street hockey gear.Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) gives a presentation at a church telling about the various changes that are going to be made to boost Catholicism's fading image, including a new, more uplifting symbol for Jesus, the Buddy Christ, and a rededication of a century-old church. With a Papal sanction, anybody who enters the church on the day of the rededication ceremony will have all their sins forgiven, and be given a morally clean slate. This catches the attention of two fallen angels, Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon), when they are sent a newspaper cutting regarding the rededication. Loki was the former angel of death, and Bartleby, a Grigori or fallen angel, talked him into quitting his position, which got them banned from Heaven, to serve an eternity in a place worse than Hell; Wisconsin. Bartleby and Loki are not willing to spend another thousand years in Wisconsin, so they see the plenary indulgence as a loophole to sneak back into Heaven, and after analyzing the situation, the plan seems foolproof. Loki also figures that he can get back on God's good side if he resumes his position as the angel of death, killing people who God would consider sinners, particularly the creators of a hit children's show called "Mooby the Golden Calf." The two set off for New Jersey, killing various people along the way.We then meet Bethany Sloane (Linda Fiorentino), a Catholic who has been having a crisis of faith since her husband left her after a disease destroyed her uterus and ruined her chances of ever having children. She lives in Illinois and works at an abortion clinic which is often picketed by Catholic pro-life demonstrators. Bethany rejects going out on a date or socializing with her co-workers in favor of her job.We also meet Azrael (Jason Lee), a demon. We learn that he is in charge of the three kids from the beginning, the demonic Stygian Triplets. He enters a house and kills the homeowner, choosing the home because it has central air conditioning. He tells the Triplets that they need to kill the last Scion.That night, Bethany is getting ready for bed when she meets the Metatron (Alan Rickman), an angel who acts as God's messenger, who tells her about Bartleby and Loki's plan to get back into Heaven. It is here where we learn the biggest problem with their plan; if they sneak back into Heaven through the power of the plenary indulgence, they will have proven that God isn't infallible, which would cause all of existence to be erased. God wants Bethany to stop Bartleby and Loki from entering the church. Through the Metatron 'He' also tells her that she'll have support from two 'prophets'. Bethany is reluctant at first, but realizes over the course of the conversation that the situation is real.The following night, while she gets in her car after her job to go to New Jersey, she is attacked by the Stygians. Just as they are about to kill her, they are beaten up and flee. The heroes turn out to be Jay (Jason Mewes), and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), two New Jersey drug dealers/stoners who came to Illinois in hopes of finding John Hughes fictional town of Shermer. Bethany realizes that they are the so-called prophets that the Metatron told her about. She asks them to take her with them to New Jersey. Jay, thinking Bethany wants to have sex with him, agrees to take her with them.Jay manages to break down her stick-shift car by driving too fast in the wrong gear. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, Bethany is just about to head home, when a mysterious man falls out of the sky and lands on the road, completely naked. The man turns out to be Rufus (Chris Rock), the 13th apostle, who was left out of the Bible because he was black. In exchange for helping the trio stop Bartleby and Loki, he wants to ensure that he is referenced in the Bible and that Jesus' true color, black, is revealed. He also claims that Jesus still owes him twelve bucks. Jay and Silent Bob then go to a strip club to prove that Jay isn't gay, and the group meet a beautiful muse-turned-stripper named Serendipity (Salma Hayek).Meanwhile, Azrael isn't happy about the Stygian's failure to kill Bethany, so he decides to send something far more powerful.In PIttsburgh, Bartleby and Loki enter the boardroom of Mooby the Golden Calf's production executives. After pointing out the fatal sins of everyone in the room, Loki shoots and kills everyone in it, sparing only a woman who he claims is innocent. She ends up splashed with blood and scared to death, but unharmed.At the Illinois strip club, following a long theological discussion with Serendipity (who claims that God is a woman), the group is attacked by a demon called the Golgothan, a demon made entirely out of human excrement (the so-called Shit Demon, created from the voided waste of the crucified dead on Golgotha). The demon lays waste to half the people in the club including a gangster rap group befriended by Jay and Silent Bob, but is defeated by Bob, with the help of an odor-eliminating spray. The group continues on the road, while Serendipity stays behind to question the shit demon.Somewhere in Pennsylvania, Bartleby and Loki attempt to get on a bus, but are unable to get tickets. They are then confronted by Azrael, who warns them all about the people trying to stop them from entering the New Jersey church and that they intend to kill them, and that they should keep a low profile.While on a train, Jay and Silent Bob meet up with Bartleby and Loki. Bethany and Bartleby become friends over many drinks and a discussion on why they lost their faith. The drunk Bethany, thinking Bartleby is someone else, tells him about their plan to stop him and Loki. Bartleby goes crazy and tries to kill Bethany right there on the the train. Rufus, Jay, and Silent Bob then step in, and they throw the two angels off the train.While hiding out in an underground parking garage for the night, Loki, looking back on what Rufus said about there being serious consequences to their plan, questions whether or not he should go through with their plan. Bartleby is infuriated even more and has an epiphany about how God showed the humans more patience than he ever showed angels, and how it's unfair that they should be banished to earth for not agreeing with God's plan, while humans should have a choice. He insists that they continue, and kill Bethany and the others... even if it means that all of existence will cease. Loki suggests that Bartleby is acting much the way that Lucifer did in his conflict with God.At the same time, having left the train to throw Bartleby and Loki off their trail, and while camping out in the woods, Bethany questions the increasing seriousness of the situation. She demands to know why she was invested with the task of stopping the angels. Rufus then reveals the truth about Bethany. She is the last Scion, the last living blood relative of Jesus. Bethany finds this information too much, and decides that she can't go through with the mission, cursing God's name. The Metatron then comes down from Heaven once again and tells her that Jesus took the news about who he was the same way, but ultimately found the courage to go through with it. Bethany is inspired to continue on the mission.The Metatron then meets up with the others and tells them that God has gone missing on one of his periodic vacations, in which he takes on a human form and goes to the New Jersey coast to play skeeball. The group has no idea how this happened, and are out of ideas on how to stop Bartleby and Loki. Jay then suggests that they go ask Cardinal Glick to cancel the re-dedication ceremony, therefore rendering the loophole useless. The group meets up with Cardinal Glick, but he doesn't buy their story, and insists that the ceremony will take place as scheduled. He rudely sends them off. Jay retaliates by stealing one of the Cardinal's golf clubs.As Bartleby and Loki approach New Jersey, Bethany and the others sit in a bar, trying to decide what they should do now. Suddenly, Azrael shows up, along with the Stygian triplets. He kills the bartender, and takes the group hostage, while they wait for Bartleby and Loki to enter the church.Meanwhile, Bartleby and Loki show up at the re-dedication ceremony. Bartleby then proceeds to tell everybody there that they have all been condemned by God, and that they must now pay for their sins in blood. Forcing the now unwilling Loki to join in, he brandishes his wings, and begins slaughtering everyone at the ceremony with rapid firing machine guns.At the bar, Azrael tells everyone about his plan; he was once a muse himself, but refused to fight in the war between Heaven and Hell, and was condemned to Hell as a traitor. He spend a few million years trying to find a way to escape from Hell, but realizes that it's impossible. He then discovered the Catholics plan to make the church a passage of forgiveness on that day. Unable to become human and go through with the loophole himself, he decided to lure Bartleby and Loki into the church and cause them to destroy existence. He says that he'd rather not exist than go back to Hell... and is more than willing to take everyone down with him if it means never going back. Silent Bob then picks up the golf club that Jay stole from the cardinal and threatens Azrael with it. Azrael, believing the challenge to be a stupid decision, allows Silent Bob to hit him with it. Strangely enough, the golf club caves in Azrael's chest, killing him. Demons can only be defeated using an instrument of God, and Bethany assumes the Cardinal blessed his clubs for a better golf game. Using this knowledge, Bethany blesses the sink behind the bar, and the team drown the three Stygians in the holy water. The group then leaves for the church.When they get to the church, they find the scene of Bartleby and Loki's bloody massacre, but since they still exist, they conclude that they haven't yet entered the church. Loki then shows up, drunk, and with his wings cut off, he is now human. He and Serendipity greet each other like old friends. When confronted about the mass slaughter, Loki says that it was all Bartleby's idea, and that he didn't want to go through with the killing, and only wanted to walk through the church archway and have it be done at that. When the two had killed everyone present and had run out of ammunition, Bartleby began seizing strangers from nearby and dropping them to their deaths in front of the church.Bartleby then comes down from the sky and tells the group that he was waiting for them to arrive before they entered the church so he can kill them. Serendipity tries to tell him that Azrael was just using him, but Bartleby is already aware and tells them that he doesn't care anymore. Bartleby reveals that his mission is no longer to return to Heaven. Finding God's treatment of angels compared to humans unfair, his goal is now to destroy existence, which he feels is a failed experiment. Loki tries to talk Bartleby out of it, and Bartleby is disappointed in him. Bartleby stabs and kills his old friend. The group then attacks and tries to stop Bartleby. Jay tries to help by shooting off his wings with a machine gun, only to learn that he just made him human... and thus enable him to re-enter Heaven once he dies.Bethany, who heard in the news about the homeless man who was beaten by the Stygians at the beginning, realizes that the man is God, and if she takes Him off life support, God would be able to come down and stop Bartleby. She goes with Silent Bob to the hospital, and unplugs the man's life support system, which releases God from the body. However the force of God's spirit exiting the body is so powerful, it kills Bethany, causing a large wound to open up in her lower right abdomen, much like the wound Christ received on the cross.When Bartleby opens the doors to the church, only to find God (Alanis Morrisette) and the Metatron standing at the door. Upon seeing God and realizing that he has failed, Bartleby sobbingly apologizes. God silently forgives him. The Metatron then tells everyone who "isn't dead from another plane of existence" to cover their ears. They do it, Bartleby thanks God for her forgiveness and God opens her mouth, causing Bartleby's head and chest to explode.Existence is saved, and everyone is happy. Silent Bob then arrives with Bethany's dead body, which God instantly repairs and revives. Bethany wakes up, and is happy that everything is okay. Jay is confused as to what is going on, and God responds to Jay's profane outburst by kissing him, causing him to faint with a dopey smile on his face. God walks around the immediate area for a few moments, surveying the death and destruction caused by Bartleby and Loki. She smiles and all the corpses and blood disappear. Bethany thanks God for everything, and her faith is restored. The Metatron then reveals that Bethany is pregnant (God's repair was characteristically complete), before taking Rufus and Serendipity with him and God back to Heaven. As the film ends, Bethany tells a shocked Jay and Silent Bob that she's to be a mother, and that they can't have sex. Jay replies that it would be safe up until the third trimester.

Tags: entertaining, comedy, murder, adult comedy, bleak, thought-provoking, cult, violence, historical fiction, good versus evil, satire, revenge, alternate history

Review:
As I watched it (the first and all subsequent times), I felt sure that the movie was written by someone who really loves his church -- but is smart and aware enough to recognize its shortcomings, its blindspots, even its failures and hypocrisies.
In all these works, just as in the real world, love and joy and beauty and filth and cruelty and despair are constantly tumbling over and bleeding into each other; the one universal rule is that everything is absurd, that the human race is the most absurd thing of all, and that this absurdity can be the catalyst to either suffocating grief or a kind of hilarious wonder.If you go into "Dogma" expecting a trim and tidy theological comedy of manners, you'll be sorely disappointed.
Dogma is firmly rooted in Kevin Smith's View Askew world so fans of his other films will not be disappointed.
Dogma goes beyond the "dick and fart jokes", which are reassuringly present, and gives the viewer something to think about.The film deals with thoughts on religion, Catholicism mainly, in a way that pokes fun at the institution but does not deride it.
The film's comments and contents are definitely meant to be taken with a grain of salt.The cast is great and there are many instances of hilarious viewing, usually Jay and Silent Bob, as well as very sensitive and expressive moments from the various actors.In the end, Dogma is a thoroughly fun and thoughtful viewing experience that both old and new fans will enjoy.
The film has the same great comedy we're used to from Kevin Smith, but he shows that he has another dimension that I don't think many people thought was there.Jay and Silent Bob have their biggest role so far.
The characters in the film are trying to get the message across that people have changed the original God, man has made God into the image they want him/her to be, made their own religious rules, rules that God never intended.
It's more the second-long "ha!" kind of comedy.That simply means Kevin Smith's writing is clever enough to the point where you will be pleasantly shocked by some of the conversations and events of the film and think it all rather amusing and humorous.
Simple, but the slick, nonchalant approach to religion keeps the satire rampant.The film does spend a lot of its time explaining itself, which isn't too bad considering Smith keeps the explanations to-the-point and allows the characters to stay interesting in the process.
In general, the whole cast is very talented and their characters well written, which keeps the film interesting.It's not the funniest or most interesting comedy in terms of plot and the sequence of events, but "Dogma" is a smart concept that ultimately results in a sharp satire and some great thoughts that scrutinize religion in a way that never seems too out of line..
It is not often that you get to see a group of stars that you like in a funny movie that also makes some interesting points.Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum ), Linda Fiorentino (Unforgettable).
Severus Snape, Jay and Silent Bob, Salma Hayek (Frida), George Carlin, and, of course, God (Alanis Morissette), all join to make this irreverent and funny movie.The premise is so interesting, and the fact that it is set in New Jersey is so appropriate, whether intentional or not.
One rough point was that a great deal of dialogue came of as expostiory - there was simply such a massive back-story (2000 years of religious history...go fig...) that it seemed at times that the plot had to fight its way through the background information.
Towards the very end, there were some surprisingly touching moments (of course rendered through Smith's unique style), and the closing scene felt like something right out of a good ol' 80's movie (that's a good thing!).
Dogma is one of Kevin Smith's most controversial films, a smartly written comedy that takes jabs against the Catholic Church and religion in general and it is very much a cult classic which my friends from college raved about.Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) is a catholic woman who works in an abortion clinic who is given a mission from Metatron (Alan Rickman), the Voice of God, to go church in New Jersey.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) Bethany is joined by Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith), the thirteenth apostle, Rufus (Chris Rock) as Loki goes on a killing spread and a demon called Azreal (Jason Lee) tries to make Loki and Bartleby success in their objective.Dogma is a sharply written comedy that is constantly funny.
He added gravitas and gave the role his all.Kevin Smith has often stated that he thinks he is not a particular good director, but with Dogma he is able to keep a fast pace, he knows how to shoot the dialogue sequences and can add a scene of tension when needed (i.e. the boardroom scene).
I think the infamous Smith has made a fantastic film here with an even better cast who really understood that he was trying to hint at the future of Catholicism (not exactly Buddy Christ, but you get the picture) and point out that we do mourn religion and not celebrate it.
Well worth watching, even if you don't get the religious stuff, Chris Rock, Jay Mewes and Kevin Smith are too funny!
Linda Fiorentino, the star of this film, put on one of the very worst performances I have ever witnessed in any large budget American film I have seen.I also think Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, and Jason Lee were all pretty awful.
I'm a big Kevin Smith fan, but almost every line in this one is cringe-worthy, and especially those said by Linda Fiorentino.The whole story is just a jumbled mess--it seemed very much made up on the fly as they went along.And wow is it long.
I haven't seen Dogma for years but was prompted to write something after being forced to sit through Clerks 2.I chose Dogma because it was the movie that plunged the nail in the coffin for me in regards to Smith's surprisingly successful career.I know Dogma is a big thing for Smith fans but it was such a hackneyed, lazy, low brow, self indulgent turd that I truly can't understand why.Did I expect too much after the hilarious (when I was 16) Clerks?
In comparison Dogma is trite, forced, laborious and worst of all unfunny.The problem with Smith is, and this infects all his movies, he thinks his mundane observations on life can sustain not just two or three hours, but a whole catalogue of films.Clerks worked because it was fresh, amateurish, and somewhat fearless.
I'm a firm believer that one has to laugh at oneself throughout life in order to keep one's feet firmly on the ground.The reason I wasn't offended was because this movie's script/dialogue/everything was so unbelievably bad that the only emotion it conjured up out of me was a new level of boredom.
The only part where I laughed was when the main character sprayed Alan Rickman with a fire extinguisher.Of course the kicker came at the end where Smith tries to play the "serious" card and lay out some "honest" criticism of Catholicism.
Too much of this film is trying to make a "serious" commment on religious dogma, and it tries to do so by ignoring what the catholic church and the bible actually says.
From an incredibly long, rambling story-line and pacing, to sub-standard acting (even by actors I've previously, and subsequently, enjoyed and/or admired in other films [Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman]), to its silly attempt at "deep thought" and imposing a certain "enlightenment" on the audience.
I always get the feeling that Kevin Smith is winking at his audience, smiling and thinking to himself, "Look at how CLEVER I can be!" and "Laugh Here, Now." This film in particular seems to be a circus trying to present itself as a stage-play, and in my opinion, not hiding the fact very well.
I'm not sure what I find harder to believe- the idea that people actually found this film funny, or the fact that it is considered controversial.
This would be fine if the dialogue was witty or insightful, but instead it's lots and lots of swearing (the word "f~ck loses it's already minimal impact after the fiftieth time you hear it in one scene), and supposedly deep religious discussions that are immature and sound as if they were written by a twelve year old who just became interested in theology.It's near impossible to see who this film appeals to- Smith shoots for pleasing all and ends up satisfying none.
Those who enjoy the childish, "Dude Where's My Brain" jokes will no doubt be crushingly bored when the characters decide to sit and talk inanely about something unfunny -AGAIN, while those who like the pathetic attempts at religious satire and discussion of the Catholic Church will cringe at the afore mentioned poo monster and a succession of equally puerile kindergarten comedy.
At one point, the protagonist, after another annoying rant (which I'm assuming is Smith's amateurish way of getting across how his characters feel, as this is an insanely whiny bunch of people) actually runs, drops on her knees in the rain, and screams up the sky `WHY, GOD!?!?!?!
This film is simply unwatchable.Upon seeing this film in the theatres I was fairly impressed with earlier Kevins Smith efforts Chasing Amy and Clerks, additionally I consider myself to be somewhat of a "recovering Catholic" with many of my own criticisms.During my viewing I couldn't believe how much my butt hurt or how often I looked at my watch.I can't think of one redeeming quality of this film whatsoever.
I am not a religious type so don't cast me off like that, this movie was horribly written and just boring at times.
Even so I still had plenty of laughs and loved the performance of God. If you like Smith's movies, your sure to get a laugh from this one..
There are about 800 reasons why you probably won't like Kevin Smith's 1999 offering 'Dogma.' It uses abnormally foul language.
It is a tiresome, flaccid affair, and the complete opposite of "Fight Club" in the two most important categories: I watched all of "Fight Club" (many times), and I would feel comfortable in calling "Fight Club" an actual film.Oh, was this movie torturous.
In "Dogma", you're watching various elements being cobbled together with no apparent sense of structure; Ben Affleck and Matt Damon appear to discuss religion (skipping actual dialogue), Alan Rickman materialises as an angel to talk about his two mischievous fellow angels (OMG PARADOX!) and Chris Rock appears to do...something.
Even when Kevin Smith remembers to give his actors a little to work with, ie real dialogue, it's....still not funny.
So boring and unfunny that during the movie I started to think about my dental surgery the next day (Yes, THAT bad!)There is no coherence in this story which thus renders this film into small little bits and sight-gags, most of which are puerile.
The biggest error in "Dogma" is that Kevin Smith did not adequately develop the story around the Bethany character (Linda Fiorentino) and instead focused on the many useless side characters.As for the Catholic angle--who cares!
As I was sitting there hearing all these people laugh at these boring, elementary kiddie type jokes it just really made me realize how bad movies like this get such good reviews.
There were wonderful films in this genre (religious comedy) - "Life of Brian" would be a good example - but this movie isn't one of them.
It has some good actors in it - notably Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman - but they were unable to save the film.
I really thought that Kevin Smith couldn't make a worse film than 'Chasing Amy' until I saw 'Dogma'.
But the film then goes on to be a a vehicle for modern political ideas that will one day probably be just as out of date as the catholic dogma that provided the foundation for this movie.
Were this movie made in the 60s, Smith would have the Angels making fun of Nixon and the War in Viet Nam. Too techincal to bug you like it did me, and not sensitive to poking fun at religion, you will find this movie very funny and full of great characters.
The acting is awful - really *awful* - by the end of the movie the few decent actors in the film looked like they weren't getting paid enough and were going through the motions.
The dialogue is painful and could have been written by a 15 year old who has just discovered that Santa Claus isn't real - and wants to tell the world.Contrary to reports, the movie isn't anti-religious (in fact it's pro-religion in that it takes the existence of God and Heaven as read) or even anti-Catholic (Catholicism has lost its way a bit but it's still the one true faith).This is the second time that the IMDb has got it seriously wrong - both this movie and 'Eyes Wide Shut' were given high ratings - and both are pretentious nonsense..
He is a writer first and a director second, and in a dialogue driven film like "Chasing Amy", thats all well and good, but not for Dogma.
Making a movie that aims at laughing at religion is in itself a delicate operation but Kevin Smith managed to get out very well of this deadlock.
Kevin Smith's Dogma is a fantastic satirical comedy that is filled with the comedy and religious attacks that only Smith can put in a movie (The Best on-screen duo of the decade Jay played by Jason Mewes and Silent Bob played by Smith return as mall rats turned prophets).
And that plus some new characters make this a great comedy.But the element that makes this the best Smith movie is not only the comedy.
It is a silly comedy that includes a hip priest (George Carlin makes a great cameo as this priest), a god (that we can assume is Canadian) and two angels that act like the usual guys in Smith films.
Kevin Smith has put together a movie which has managed to miss every important technical and spiritual aspect of good film-making.
Or, Chris Rock and Salma Hayek finding their moments of movie Zen. And, it's impossible to overlook the stellar contributions of Ben `I'll-never-be-too-big-to-do-one-for-Kevin' Affleck  and Matt `talks-incredibly-fast-while-looking-incredibly-smug' Damon in this sure-to-be Oscar contender.Although Dogma isn't particularly anti-Catholic, it is anti-intelligence, offensive and an utter waste of time..
In an idle moment this weekend I started it up and couldn't get through more than a few scenes at a time without stopping to check basketball scores or get back to some much-needed house cleaning, which was still less of a chore than lengthy bouts of plot exposition dialogue between the Alan Rickman character and the preternaturally dull Linda Fiorentino.If a precocious Matt Damon explaining some trivial point of Roman Catholic legalism at a mall or an airport or whatever sounds cool, then this may be right up your alley.
(You're supposed to find it hilarious to hear two angels talking dude-talk.) ASIDE TO KEVIN SMITH: The Jay and Silent Bob act, after 4 movies, is really tired.
First of all, I am a big fan of Kevin Smith's movies, I have watched all "Jay and Silent Bob" and "clerks" movies around 10 times each.
So if you are like me and you found Dogma and said 'WOW another movie from Kevin Smith with my favorite characters, let's watch it', don't do the HUGE mistake that I made.
I cannot imagine that anyone would find this movie to be thought-provoking unless they have never done much thinking.It is as though Smith wanted people to watch his movie, but could not get attention by making a good one, so he lined up as many cheap shots against a popular religion as possible in order to get some attention.
"Dogma" is one of those movies that looks like it was thought up by drunks in a bar, and written on tape recorders by the same drunks.The comedy just isn't there.
The cast are all solid and Smith's work as director is functional as always given that he's essentially just recording people's conversations for the film's running time and attempting any artistry wouldn't suit the movies he's making.7/10.
But this is only if Bethany, with the aid of Jay and Silent Bob, cannot stop them first.The best thing that can be said about Dogma' is that it looks like everyone had a great time making it.
Dogma has plenty of funny religion-themed gags, but I was entertained by it mainly because I liked just about all of the characters and I enjoyed most of their dialogue.There's not a lot of substance behind what they're saying, unlike in, say, Tarantino's films, but the fact that it's all fairly low-brow and goofy is what makes it good.
Another great Kevin Smith movie.
Kevin Smith's style of using conversational humor and trying to make the audience feel like a fried of the characters in the movie doesn't really work with topical humor.
A hilarious movie.I can´t say how much I laughed at Jay and Silent Bob but It´s also a smart film with great screenplay.Good acting by stars like:Chris Rock, Ben Affleck Matt Damon.......
What more could you ask for in a Kevin Smith film.I took this movie in as a whole.
It has one of the funniest stories of all time which made me laugh almost all the way through the movie, even though I was the only one watching.
The actors were all doing a great job as the director Kevin Smith, the first movie I saw made by him.