Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Brian O'HalloranDante
- Jeff AndersonRandal
- Marilyn GhigliottiVeronica
- Lisa SpoonauerCaitlin
- Jason MewesJay
- Kevin SmithSilent Bob
- Scott MosierWilliam the Idiot Manchild / Angry Hockey-Playing Customer
- Scott MosierAngry Mourner
- Scott SchiaffoChewlie's Rep
- Al BerkowitzOld Man
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
Randal is a beautiful hostile piece of work that only could have come from America. He's the sort of guy who never put in a quality day at the office in his life, but somehow probably winds up winning the biggest lotto drawing ever with a ticket he stole from his loser best friend's Quickie Mart. - 88
ReelViews
Nothing, no matter how outrageous, is beyond Smith, and his willingness to flaunt cinematic taboos is one of the reasons why Clerks is such a unqualified success. - 80
Variety
A randy, irreverent, slice-of-life no-budgeter that's played for laughs and gets them. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Although a few bits (the film is done in blackout sketch style) fall flat and a good ten minutes could be shaved off the running time with no visible damage, it's an impressive and irascible debut that rings true even when you're laughing too hard to hear it. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Within the limitations of his bare-bones production, Smith shows great invention, a natural feel for human comedy, and a knack for writing weird, sometimes brilliant, dialogue. - 70
Washington Post
Much of "Clerks" is extremely funny and dead-on—in terms of its intentionally satirical, Gen-X-istential gloom. - 70
The New York Times
[Smith] also has an uncommonly sure sense of deadpan comic timing. [25 Mar 1994, p.C10] - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Even augmented by the priceless commodity of Smith's talent, $25,575 can only be stretched so far. Apparently, it won't buy you a stellar cast - some very strong lines receive some rather flat deliveries. And some distinctly lame scenes survive the chopping block.
