Clerks (DVD) Reviews

Funded on multiple credit cards and an insurance payout this film The film follows Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) who is called into work on his day off at his local Quick Stop convenience store. He is joined at work by his best friend Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) who works in the video store next door but spends most of his day in ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Clerks is the film that shot director Kevin Smith to fame, and allowed him create numerous other films within the same universe, such as Chasing Amy, Dogma, Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and the direct sequel, Clerks 2. Were it not for the success of this ...  Read the complete review

I must confess, I have a soft spot for low budget films. Having delved briefly into amateur filming making once or twice I find it easier to forgive some stilted acting, choppy editing or scenes that aren't quite what the could be. Clerks for me is the ultimate low budget flick. We join twenty something Dante as he is dragged to work ...  Read the complete review

There's something about a low budget movie. Perhaps it's that they rely on ideas, scripts and acting to get over with the public, rather than superstar names, special effects and glittering opening nights. They can be hit and miss, of course, but they stand or fall on their own merits. You go into them fresh, unsullied by the opinions of ...  Read the complete review

The first movie from Kevin Smith - Shot at his old place of work, with his film school buddy Scott Mosier - Smith has brought together a great cast and some memorable characters. Dante is a down and out clerk in a Quick stop store - always got something to bitch or cry about (bit like some of us on Dooyoo eh? - just messing). Poor Dante ...  Read the complete review

Kevin smiths' 1994 debut film Clerks is a low budget high brow, black comedy set almost exclusively in a convenience store in Jersey (the same convenience store in which the director Kevin Smith was a real life employee) and follows Dante [Brian O'Halloran] and his worst day at work, he's not even supposed to be there! Called in on his ...  Read the complete review

Funded on a credit card, filmed at night in the shop where the director worked. How cool is that? OK, not as cool as Robert Rodriguez funding Desperado by going into medical experiments, but still pretty cool. More to the point, how good is this film? It's brilliant, that's what. While scraping the inside of my cranium to try and review yet ...  Read the complete review

Clerks is a 1994 film written and directed by Kevin Smith. He shot it for $27, 575 and it grossed over $3,000,000. Nearly all of the movie is set in a convenience store and was filmed in the store where Kevin Smith worked. This was the movie that started off Kevin Smith's career and introduced us to many characters who would be seen in his later ...  Read the complete review

Clerks was cult director Kevin Smith's first film. Shot in black and white, on a miniscule budget, with a surprisingly large cast that blatantly consists almost entirely of the crew's friends and family (many of them playing several parts throughout the film), Clerks essentially acts as a Smith starter pack. Detailing a day in the ...  Read the complete review

Clerks is one of the “cult” movies which it seems you are not allowed to knock – or if there is something you don’t like about it the response from devotees will be “but hey that’s part of it’s success”. Bad quality filming, bad acting, you name it, it’s part of the movie’s cult ...  Read the complete review

The film starts when Dante has to go into work on his day off. He opens up the shop, but cannot open the shutters, so he write a witty line on a huge sheet of material saying 'I assure you we are open'. Randel who works in the video store next to him comes to work late and as he stands out side the video shop pretending to be a customer ...  Read the complete review

A day in the life of Dante, a young dude who works in a Quick Stop conenience store, and his friend Randal, who works in the video store nearby. Actually, “works” is probably a euphemism, in the case of both of them. Frankly they would both rather be elsewhere, although they seem to manage pretty well to do nothing much even while ...  Read the complete review

Possibly one of the most low budget films ever (just over $27,000) but this is probably what makes it so great. This was Kevin Smiths entry into the film world and what an entry. Filmed in black and white after hours at his place of work Smith wrote and directed Clerks. This film is basically about a day in the life of ...  Read the complete review

"Clerks" is Kevin Smith's debut film, black and white, whose strength rests wholly on his witty, fast-paced dialogue and comedic sequence of events centered around the day in the life of a convenience store clerk named Dante. Dante, of course, was the Italian poet who is best known for his "Divine Comedy," particularly, ...  Read the complete review

This film is an undeniable classic. It was made for just $27,000 and was filmed through the night in the time the store, where director Kevin Smith was an employee, in which the film is set, was closed. Leaving Smith very lttle sleep between running the store and filming. First time I rented this, for the first few minutes I really ...  Read the complete review

This was teh debut movie from the genius mind of Kevin Smith. It is all about Dante and Randal. Two Kwik Stop Convienience store workers. They are slackers and both their jobs are crap. The film is shot in black and white, and i think if it had been done in colour, itt wouldn't have been half as good. The lack of colour makes the other aspects ...  Read the complete review

In 1994 "Clerks" hit the world, and grew an underground buzz that grew and grew. Like a dirty comedy album, that kids would introduce to others, "Clerks" became a staple in my life. I first saw the 27,000 dollar Cannes film. I fell in love with this story, these characters, and Jay and Silent Bob! I was a clerk myself at the ...  Read the complete review

Ever had a boring, pointless part-time job? Ever lusted after an ex, even though you know the person you're with is much better for you? Ever just thought, "F**K IT ALL??" Then Clerks is definitely for you. Crazy, witty, hilarious, it is a wickedly brilliant portrayal of youth culture in the nineties. The movie ...  Read the complete review

If you're familiar with Kevin Smith or any of his films, you'll know this is where it all began. This is the film in which the 'New Jersey series' was introduced. Characters and locations in all the films Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma are all interconnected - with a fifth (and final) film well on it's way 'Jay and ...  Read the complete review

With this, Kevin Smith's debut, he carved a slot in the world of movies for he and he alone to let his unique way of movie-making run wild. Hollywood is richer for it. This, in my opinion, is Smith's best film, full of wacky characters and conversations. Dante is the films lead, a young college drop-out who can't decide between ...  Read the complete review