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With its quirky characters and clever, quotable dialogue, Clerks is the ultimate clarion call for slackers everywhere to unite and, uh, do something we guess?
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At his best, [Kevin] Smith captures the zeitgeist of an era and becomes the voice of a generation. Jul 25, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
At his best, [Kevin] Smith captures the zeitgeist of an era and becomes the voice of a generation.
Matthew Rozsa
A buoyant, bleakly funny comedy chronicling a day's worth of activity at two adjoining stores. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
A buoyant, bleakly funny comedy chronicling a day's worth of activity at two adjoining stores.
Janet Maslin
A hoot one moment, a hiss the next, the film is about as even as a city road after a hard winter. But the script's sheer vigour sees us through. Apr 12, 2002 | Full Review…
A hoot one moment, a hiss the next, the film is about as even as a city road after a hard winter. But the script's sheer vigour sees us through.
Rick Groen
An episodic, dialogue-heavy picture shot in black and white, Clerks is nevertheless remarkably cinematic. Dec 10, 2001 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An episodic, dialogue-heavy picture shot in black and white, Clerks is nevertheless remarkably cinematic.
Nev Pierce
A collegiate and post-collegiate laugh fest. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
A collegiate and post-collegiate laugh fest.
Desson Thomson
Amateurishly acted, clumsily edited and slapped together out of what looks like surveillance camera footage, the thing bumps along not so much on talent as on audacity. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Amateurishly acted, clumsily edited and slapped together out of what looks like surveillance camera footage, the thing bumps along not so much on talent as on audacity.
Hal Hinson
This remains Smith's masterpiece, and demands our attention 25 years after its premiere, just as it did when it released. Jan 29, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
This remains Smith's masterpiece, and demands our attention 25 years after its premiere, just as it did when it released.
Alan French
still such a treat to watch over twenty years later, is through its ingenious snapshot of small-town Americana and the inertia of Generation Xers. Nov 5, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
still such a treat to watch over twenty years later, is through its ingenious snapshot of small-town Americana and the inertia of Generation Xers.
PJ Nabarro
There's no denying the raw and energetic feel Smith created with a memorable script, great characters and a genuine sense of Gen X angst. Nov 28, 2009 | Full Review…
There's no denying the raw and energetic feel Smith created with a memorable script, great characters and a genuine sense of Gen X angst.
Ryan Cracknell
an exemplar of what can happen when the stars align and someone's home movie can help foment a revolution Nov 23, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
an exemplar of what can happen when the stars align and someone's home movie can help foment a revolution
James Kendrick
Clerks remains a defining debut, a symbolic shot into the darkened domain of legitimate moviemaking. Nov 21, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Clerks remains a defining debut, a symbolic shot into the darkened domain of legitimate moviemaking.
Bill Gibron
...the film's inherent deficiencies are generally overshadowed by the distinctly earnest vibe. Jul 23, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
...the film's inherent deficiencies are generally overshadowed by the distinctly earnest vibe.
David Nusair
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