Clerks
Just Because They Serve You...Doesn't Mean They Like You.
If you're in the market for what The Detroit News called "A lively comic adventure," Clerks delivers with wholesale hilarity! It's one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razor-sharp wit and on-the-job antics give a whole new meaning to customer service! Even while braving a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, the clerks manage to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home, and straighten out their offbeat love lives. The boss is nowhere in sight, so you can bet anything can - and will - happen when these guys are left to run the store!
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Check It Out Anyways - Squish
Dante is a 22-year-old employee of Quick Mart who gets called in to do another shift on his day off. Through short vignettes, we explore a day in the life of a Quick Mart employee. We explore Date's love life, from his current girlfriend Veronica to his long-pined-for ex girlfriend Bree that he wants instead, and through it all, the daily observations on humanity shared by Dante and his criminally irresponsible friend Randal who works at the video store next door. And yes, Kevin Smith too, as part of the Jay and Silent Bob duo, made famous only by the fact that they're in so many of Kevin Smith's movies.
When I watched 'Clerks' for the second time, it was with a heavy dollop of pre-conceived notions: it's a dirt-cheap movie with bad acting; it's poorly written compared to the classics I've been watching for the last few years. The second time around it all seemed so forced, so obviously written and acted by people all too completely aware of we the audience. People don't talk like this unless they're opening a can of prepared dialogue for a job interview, or when, say, reading what's written in a script. And the characters? The worst are by far Jay and Silent Bob. Why these people are endearing is beyond me.
But I couldn't help laughing, and laughing often. I tried to judge the subtext behind this movie, and the history that tainted it since then. I tried to hate 'Clerks' as the snob I've become in my adventures through cinema, and I couldn't. It's funny. It's forced and no that doesn't add to the film but it doesn't take much away either. It's fun. it's Indie. It's underground, but it's accessible, and it's worth seeing because there's no one as awesome as Randal the wise video store clerk, who, in front of a child, orders a string of porno titles ever raunchier than the last.Low budget, great fun. - thenewguy
Clerks is Kevin Smith's first movie and was done on a very low budget of $28,000 with novice actors. The film is done in black and white and the camera work is... mostly non-existent. But, with all those traits, this is still a gem of a film.
The main characters, Dante and Randal, are two convenience store employees, neither of whom put much effort into their jobs. The movie follows these slackers through a very intense day at the store. While making fun of customers, debating pop culture and wise-cracking, the two manage to win and break hearts, face an angry mob and smokers, play hockey on the roof and disrupt a funeral.
If you can get past the production value and stiff dialogue, this is a very entertaining movie. A gem in the rough that needs a bit of polishing up, but an over-all good experience."37!?!" - JLL1
Clerks remains a cult classic because that is exactly what it is. The acting is stilted and very poor at times. The delivery of the lines can be contrived and not at all believable. You can tell that the actors are focused more on what they are supposed to say next than responding to the actual dialogue taking place. The budget was like $25,000.00 in the early 1990s. Yet, it remains, I think, Kevin Smith's best work.
The magic of Clerks stems from its uniqueness and its subject-matter. I mean, the conversation between Dante and Randal on the way to the wake is priceless. Of course, when I first saw the movie, I loved the coarse dialogue. Now, I have learned to enjoy the nuances the film has to offer like the discussion about the Death Star and the politics of contractors. Of course, the scene of the cat in the litter box on the store counter is a classic.
Clerks defined a subsequent generation of films which concentrated on the art of the narrative. clerks is still one of my favourite movies.
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Check It Out Anyways - Squish
Dante is a 22-year-old employee of Quick Mart who gets called in to do another shift on his day off. Through short vignettes, we explore a day in the life of a Quick Mart employee. We explore Date's love life, from his current girlfriend Veronica to his long-pined-for ...Low budget, great fun. - thenewguy
Clerks is Kevin Smith's first movie and was done on a very low budget of $28,000 with novice actors. The film is done in black and white and the camera work is... mostly non-existent. But, with all those traits, this is still a gem of a film.
The main ..."37!?!" - JLL1
Clerks remains a cult classic because that is exactly what it is. The acting is stilted and very poor at times. The delivery of the lines can be contrived and not at all believable. You can tell that the actors are focused more on what they are supposed ...