COMEDY
If you really want to bust the raunch-o-meter, it's tough to beat showing a person having sex with a donkey. But if you can sit through that—the scene is played for laughs, and gets 'em—you'll likely enjoy Clerks II, writer-director Kevin Smith's belated sequel to his '94 cult hit. Dante (O'Halloran) and Randal (Anderson) are still two unambitious lugs doing their best to avoid adulthood even though both are now in their 30s—until Dante announces he's getting married. Clerks II shows Smith is uninterested in stretching as a filmmaker, much less moving beyond having his characters engage in extended, fan-boyish Star Wars vs. Lord of the Rings debates. But the end result is such affably rowdy fluff that it would be churlish to complain. (R)
