Review of Clerks (1994) by Kevin M — 09 Jun 2012

Clerks was kind of a mixed bag for me. Growing up in New Jersey, I understood all of the references to it including the colleges Seton Hall and Monmouth University. I definitely liked the fact that the entire movie takes place in a real convenience store and video rental store, and that the movie was from the perspective of the clerks.

I always appreciate movies that do new things. The funniest guys in the movie are Jay and Silent Bob. The dance they perform in front of the store is really funny. Unfortunately, I found Brian O'Halloran's leading performance to be incredibly stiff and you could really tell he barely practiced his lines.

That kind of ruined it for me. There aren't a whole lot of bad things in particular about Clerks, but the good things aren't that good either.