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If you're as big of a Kevin Smith fan as you say you are, you wouldn't care what other people say and you would watch it regardless. I've seen it, can't say it's his best.
That's just my opinion.
As far as how I feel about Kevin Smith. He's come a long way, from Clerks. He's got a target audience and he does his best (sometimes) to appease that audience. Of course, the audience he started off with in Clerks, has grown up and the same jokes he used in Clerks don't register the same now with that older audience.
I think the only reason why Jersey Girl wasn't received as well, was simply due to the fact that it was a different direction than he normally took. Personally, it wasn't as bad as everyone has made it out to be, but it wasn't great. It had parts to it that could've been better, but again, this was something totally different than Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Clerks II.
That's just what I think.
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