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Summary: 'Clerks' is saved by the dialogue.
Review: 'Clerks' is a movie saved by its funny and clever dialogue. There is no real story, but the conversations keep the boat floating and will put a smile on most people's faces.
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Summary: Simple, yet brilliant.
Review: At first, I was a bit hesitant to watch this movie because it was in black and white. Later, as I opened up my mind more, I gave it a shot. Hey, Psycho, Pi, and Night of the Living Dead are B&W and I loved those. After I watched this movie, I came to the conclusion that this is a true modern classic. It represents the attitude of young people in their mundane lives wonderfully. Out of all the Kevin Smith films, this happens to be the best even though it was his lowest budget film ever. For a film that's B&W, the characters are extremely colorful. You have Dante, the main character that is depressed about work because lots of things go wrong that he doesn't want to deal with but does anyway. And then you got Randall, his insensitive buddy. Basically the movie is a day of one clerk going completely wrong with sort of spur of the moment trifles. Essentially, the movie is just made up of silly discussions that have a somewhat stoner philosophy. Watch out for a debate on Star Wars, probably the best argument I've ever heard. The characters are easy to relate to. There will be someone in this movie that reminds you of someone you know in real life. And that's the beauty of this movie. For people between the ages of 18-25, it reflects your life. Simple movie with not much of a real plot, yet it achieves more than a lot of other fancy million dollar movies I've seen.
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Summary: From some perspectives, a real impressive movie
Review: If you look at this movie the right way, it is impressive. In particular, it shows how to break into hollywood on a shoestring budget. Does the script take a lot of cheesy cheapshots? Sure. Which is a means to an end wrt achieving that "entertainment value thing" for the average viewer. This movie led to so many others & helped create enough real stars that it's almost a classic textbook example of how to break into hollywood without directly going through hollywood. Think of it as a business model for those average people wanting to be in the "business" without going through the traditional channels (& existing snobbery).
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Summary: BEST freaking movie i've seen in a long time
Review: I really enjoyed this movie the first time i saw it... which happened to be this year. The only reason i saw it so late was because no one would give me a straight answer as to what it was about. Finally a co-worker who is also one of "the best f-ing cash-man's that ever lived" told me what it was about and coerced me to buy the movie. I freaking watched it that night, even though i had final in my social-psych class the next day. I tryed to study for a while, but the movie took me in, and reminded me so much of how work was for me. I hate customers, but what am i going to do about it. The thing Randal says about working would be great if there were no customers is soo true. Another thing this movie points out is how many things can happen in one day, its amazoning; i've never seen such a sequential movie like this before. One thing i'm glad he left out was that alternate ending, it would have made the movie so bleak, and alot less likely for people to get into. It would have really dragged the movie down if he kept it in.
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Summary: Overrated.
Review: First off, I'd just like to say that I'm a huge fan of most of Kevin Smith's work and usually love every View Askew film, but there's something about Clerks that I just never liked. Perhaps it was the fact that the whole film is black and white, or maybe it's because the plot was pointless and dumb. Actually, most View Askew films have a dumb plot, but Kevin Smith usually always finds a way to make them funny. Smith failed here, because Clerks rarely made me laugh. (*Small spoilers*) The plot is about two Clerks named Dante and Randall who work in a convienince store. Randall can be funny at times, but it seems like Dante is just whiny throughout the whole film and really makes me despise this movie. Throughout the day, Dante and Randall basically just talk to each other about different topics, such as the dangers of working on the death star in Star Wars, Caitlin Bree (Dante's ex-girlfriend), and how Dante finds the customers to be annoying. The whole film is basically just two guys sitting behind a counter and rambling on about stuff that no one even cares about. I'm sorry, but I really have no idea how this film became so popular and why some consider it to be "Groundbreaking". Overall, I feel that there are far better View Askew films out there, mainly "Mallrats" being a favorite of mine.
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Summary: another great kevin smith movie
Review: this is a great kevin smith movie.this movie takes place in a liquor store, this guy dante,wasnt suppose to go to work but someguy got called in sick.this movie shows how really annoying people reallly are. this isn't the best kevin smith movie. i still think mallrats is the best but eh, thats me.i dont really recommend you buy this,there is going to be a ten year anniversery addition of this movie. But if you could get this dvd for like 5 or 10 bucks get it?this movie is funny,smart,and kick ass!!!!!
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Summary: this is the best black and white movie ever made
Review: the first time i saw this movie there was barley any time i wasn't laughing. this movie pushed all the limits, and it was made for 27 grand. from talking about william black's sexuall prefrences to playing hocky on the roof this movies is just the best thing ever made.
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Summary: In my top 10 all time favorite movies!
Review: Clerks is a definite gem of a movie and the first of the series in Kevin Smith of movies which go on to include Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back. Many of the characters become recycled in the follow up films to rehash the empire of brilliant personalities. Jay and Silent Bob are the two definate stand outs that come to be used numerous times in the other Kevin Smith films, after watching Clerks you will understand why. Clerks is fully filmed in Black and White, no Dolby 5.1 surround, no special effects, not even marquee actors. This film is totally dependant on character interaction and secondmost, the storyline. Entertaining to the Nth degree, the interaction of the primary two characters Randall and Dante guide you through their day in the life of a Video store and a Convenience store clerk. Along the way are many twists and turns as well as every kind of customer possible from violent, argumentative, nympho, hostile, and even one who dies in the bathroom. It is impossible for me to do this film justice with my review. Being one of only 2 other movies that I have immediately rewound and played again after first seeing, Clerks is in my top 10 list of all time favorites!
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Summary: I LOST COUNT OF THE LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNIES. HILARIOUS!
Review: After you slide the DVD into the player, your initial sentiment is a setback. The entire movie is in B&W. I am not quite sure why, because it's made in 1994 (shoestring budget perhaps?) -- but I bet you'll get past that initial disappointment in less than 5 minutes. Clerks is witty, sharply and cleverly written, with energetically laid-back performances. It's structured as vignettes, or screen cuts if you will, from the lives of two retail clerks -- one a general store and the other a video rental -- and the moments spent in their day to day life, the oddball customers they frequently deal with, the doozy way they themselves handle their customers etc. I have seldom seen a movie that takes so little situational mess or physical activity to be so funny. This is must-watch material. Don't go expecting a specific plot though, this is more like a candid camera peep into the shop next door.
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Summary: Good first movie with no budget by Kevin Smith
Review: The film is in black and white and mostly dialogue that is very fast (difficult to keep up with at time, requiring a repeat viewings). However, the topics are very intertaning and funny.
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