Madness in the Method

Jay Mewes strikes back! With his first directorial debut, clearly he has been taking notes all these years, or directing is as easy as Kevin Smith makes it look snoogins. A lot of recognizable faces makes this a must see film for anyone who is a fan of Mewes, or tongue in cheek comedy parodies/mockumentery stylized portrayals of real people. Very funny, and smart highly recommend, or recommended if high 😜

First, this is te best performance and appearnce that Kevin Smith has had since Jay and Silent Bob struck back. Maybe Jason Mewes should be directing Kevin Smith Fikms. THen again, maybe Kevin should stop writing garbage that isn't even good enough for VOD.

If you are a fan of these two, then this movie will entertain you. Truth be told, with better casting, this film could have been as good as JASBSB, I think they tried to pad the cast with names like Danny Trejo, Dean Caine, Vinnie Jones and Terry Hatcher, but none of them are anchors and together, they come off as eclectic. Gina isn't girlfriend material. I don't buy her in movies unless she's acting tough. She's got the beauty and body, but appears to not want to show it.

After Jay and Bob reboot, I official gave up on Kevin, but JM showed promise here. He also is no leading man, but again, this movie was the best thing I have seen either of these two in in almost two decades.

I wouldn't add this to my collection, but it's a solid watch as long as it's free on Prime.

It felt like there was a lot of potential in this film. Jason Mewes plays up the whole famous for Clerks bit up. Even Vinne Jones is good in this film and that is a genuine compliment. It just felt very amatuer. I am not sure if that was intentional but if it was then it doesn't work. It really is just famous people playing themselves up and a plot that involves an unintentional murder and buying a comic book off Ebay. Its a good film to watch but it just felt like it could have been much better. Maybe you need to be a Clerks groupie to fully appreciate it.

I'm not really sure the film's central premise about the star turning to method acting gets explored very much. It's more of a traditional murder mystery. I think if the method acting premise got more of a look-in the film would have been more interesting but because of that the film doesn't have much of a plot, if any. There are some cult classics that manage to pull this off but I don't think this has enough substance to be considered a classic. It's funny at times, it did make me laugh, which is something, although I don't really know a lot of the references as the films referenced are not really my bag. Sone of it is also shot in Derby, where I work, the plot could have made more of a play on that, like maybe he had to come to Derby to get acting work. There are a few cameos from well-known stars like Dean Cain, Vinnie Jones, Terri Hatcher, even Stan Lee and Danny Trejo steals the show in a bit of a departure from his normal roles but it feels like they could have got more from all that acting talent. Ultimately it feels like a good idea not fully realised.

If you are a fan of the Kevin Smith universe, you can expect to enjoy this film tremendously. A little shakey, but never uninteresting, there are 4 or 5 laugh out loud moments for Jay and Silent Bob fans and enough chuckles to make you feel like watching it again. I give this a 6 overall, but a solid 9 for View Askew folks!!! Congrats Jason Mewes, you made a real movie.