Review of Clerks (1994) by Daniel P — 16 Jan 2012
What's strange about Clerks is that the characters speak of such hyperbolically disgusting things all the time - the first, but certainly not the last, time we see this technique from Smith - but the illusion never breaks.
These people seem incredibly real. The acting in Smith's debut is pretty rough, and the budget is famously low, but this is a seminal 1990s film, gritty and honest and flying in the face of the economic recovery, showing us the children of the 1970s, all grown up now with no place to go.
Take a Woody Allen movie and transpose it to your New Jersey garage, and you're getting close. These vignettes come together well enough in the end, and if one or two don't quite pay out, they're over quickly enough that you won't lose the enjoyment.
Can't believe I waited so long to watch this, it's a great and original film.
This review of Clerks (1994) was written by Daniel P on 16 Jan 2012.
Clerks has generally received very positive reviews.
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