***½
Winning, original comedy-drama about a comic book artist who lives with his dour
work partner--until he meets an attractive up-and-coming female artist with
a dynamite personality. He's seriously smitten--and stays that way
even after learning that she's gay. Writer-director Smith hits all the right notes
in this honest and appealing film, which refuses to take the easy way out
(just like its lead character) right to the end. Affleck and Adams are perfect
in the starring roles. Smith and Mewes reprise their Silent Bob and Jay characters
from CLERKS and MALLRATS.

Copyright© Leonard Maltin, 1998, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.