What Jay and Silent Bob Get Right About Sobriety

The famous stoner characters portray some aspects of sobriety with surprising accuracy.

Kevin Smith, creator of the characters Jay and Silent Bob. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

When it comes to realistic depictions of sobriety in cinema, the stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob probably don’t top anyone’s list. Yet, in Clerks II, the characters offer a surprisingly accurate and refreshing take on recovery.