Fresh
A buoyant, bleakly funny comedy chronicling a day's worth of activity at two adjoining stores.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Clerks
Just because they serve you doesn't mean they like you.
1994 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Kevin Smith
Overview
Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.
Director and cast
- Kevin Smith Director
- Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks
- Jeff Anderson as Randal Graves
- Jason Mewes as Jay
- Kevin Smith as Silent Bob
- Lisa Spoonauer as Caitlin Bree
- Marilyn Ghigliotti as Veronica Loughran
- Scott Mosier as Willam Black/Angry Hockey Playing Customer/Angry Mourner
- Walt Flanagan as Woolen Cap Smoker/Egg Man/Offended Customer/Cat Admiring Bitter Customer
- Scott Schiaffo as Chewlie's Rep
- David Klein as Hunting Cap Smoking Boy/Low I.Q. Video Customer/Hubcap Searching Customer/Angry Mourner/Angry Crowd at Door
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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, Globe and Mail
Fresh
A collegiate and post-collegiate laugh fest.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Clerks is so utterly authentic that its heroes have never heard of their generation.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The film looks no more expensive than it was; some of the acting (by local nonprofessionals) is spectacularly amateurish; the story is a series of anecdotes about hockey, shopping and loving the one you're with. But it's worth loitering in this shop.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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