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DVD Clerks (Collector's Edition)
Before Kevin Smith became a Hollywood darling with Chasing Amy, a film he wrote and directed, he made this $27,000 comedy about real-life experiences working for chump change at a New Jersey convenience store. A rude, foul-mouthed collection of anecdotes about the responsibilities that go with being on the wrong side of the till, the film is also a relationship story that takes some hilarious turns once the lovers start revealing their sexual histories to one another. In the best tradition of first-time, ultra-low budget independent films, Smith uses Clerks as an audition piece, demonstrating that he not only can handle two-character comedy but also has an eye for action--as proven in a smoothly handled rooftop hockey scene. Smith himself appears as a silent figure who hangs out on the fringes of the store's property. --Tom Keogh
I cannot see why this trashy movie got such a high rating, except that as a culture we've accepted vulgarity and rudeness as being funny. While Kevin Smith seems capable of providing intelligent dialog for his characters, he opts for mostly shock effect. Howard Stern would be proud. Some reviewers said the movie was good because it captured the ethos of low-paid clerks, but I think it was more about two obscene idiots manning a store. There was one part of the movie I found hilarious, though: when the cat took a dump on the counter in front of the customer. The expressions on both the animal's and the customer's faces were priceless. This movie is definitely not for kids!!
Indie Classic
This was one of the movies that started the whole indie film revolution. When you watch this picture and see the terrible film quality, just imagine how tough it must have been to have to make a movie using the old style film cameras -- instead of today's cheap and good quality mini-DV video cams. You young film-makers have it easy compared to the directors and producers just a few years older than you. But the movie itself is very funny, and transcends the issues with production value.
Pee your pants funny?
I first saw this shortly after it's release, with a guy I met working in a music store. We loved it and fell about in hysterics - there were so many things that rang true to our jobs, though obvoiusly exaggerated upon for dramatic effect. We rated it as one of the best comedies we'd ever seen.
I now have the DVD. Yes, it's still funny and stands head and shoulders above a lot of the garbage that tries to pass itself off as comedy these days, but is it still 'that' funny? Sadly, I don't think it is. A lot of the fun I gleaned from it on first viewing was in the recognition of situations/dialogues my friend and I had found ourselves in - e.g. an argument with a customer over using our staff-only toilet! Okay, so it isn't the funniest film ever made, so how good is it? Well, nothing really happens by way of plot; there's no 'character development', but then that's no problem; there are some wickedly funny lines/scenarios... but the dialogue is so goddamn awful at times it's beyond belief. No one talks like this. Sometimes it's just so incredibly stilted and over-blown. Okay, it's not a documentary on real life, so it artifcially crafted for specific effects, but even so, some of the lines are so long and awkward, it really does grate, and makes you wonder why they weren't edited long before the camera rolled.
But that's my only real niggle and hence the loss of one star. This was a cult classic, which deservedly grew. If you haven't seen it and you like your comedy raw, crude, and above all, funny, you must see this. a great little film.
Sophomore jinx hit hard in this second film by Kevin Smith, whose debut Clerks transcended the limits of its setting and budget to become something memorably funny. (Smith followed Mallrats with the wonderful Chasing Amy, so Mallrats definitely had the old curse.) A ramshackle comedy set in a mall, the film follows several story lines involving lovers, enemies, friends, goofballs, and Smith's own "silent" character, who also appeared in Clerks and Chasing Amy. A heavy self-consciousness weighs on everything, as if Smith forgot how to make obscenity funny instead of tedious. Still, it's nice to see some of the director's film family on screen, among them Jason Lee and Joey Lauren Adams. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Shannen Doherty - Jason Lee - Jeremy London DVD Release Date: Released the 20 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Writer-director Kevin Smith (Clerks) makes a huge leap in sophistication with this strong story about a comic-book artist (Ben Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian (Joey Lauren Adams) and actually gets his wish that she love him, too. Their relationship is attacked, however, by his business partner (Jason Lee), who pulls a very unsubtle Iago act to cast doubt over the whole affair. The film has the same sense of insiderness as Clerks--this time, Smith takes us within the arcane, funny world of comic-book cultism--but the themes of jealousy, deceit, and the high price of growing up enough to truly care for someone make this a very satisfying movie. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Joey Lauren Adams - Ben Affleck DVD Release Date: Released the 13 June 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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With sidesplitting dialogue and rampant profanity, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back reunites Kevin Smith's dynamic duo in supreme lowbrow style. It's the fifth comedy in Smith's celebrated New Jersey "trilogy." Here Quick-Stop potheads Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) wreak vengeance on Hollywood, where Miramax is making a "Bluntman & Chronic" feature inspired by J. and S.B., but without their permission. En route from Jersey to La La Land, Jay and his "hetero life mate" encounter sexy jewel thieves (including the delightful Shannon Elizabeth), a precocious orangutan, a dimwit wildlife marshal (Will Ferrell), and a nonstop parade of in-jokes, harmless (yet controversial) gay jokes, and splendid celebrity cameos. While gently biting the Miramax hand that feeds him, and... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 26 February 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Kevin Smith is a conundrum of a filmmaker: he's a writer with brilliant, clever ideas who can't set up a simple shot to save his life. It was fine back when Smith was making low-budget films like Clerks and Chasing Amy, both of which had an amiable, grungy feel to them, but now that he's a rising director who's attracting top talent and tackling bigger themes, it might behoove him to polish his filmmaking. That's the main problem with Dogma--it's an ambitious, funny, aggressively intelligent film about modern-day religion, but while Smith's writing has matured significantly (anyone who thinks he's not topnotch should take a look at Chasing Amy), his direction hasn't. It's too bad, because Dogma is ripe for near-classic status in its theological satire,... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Ben Affleck - Matt Damon - Linda Fiorentino DVD Release Date: Released the 26 June 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Lo and behold, Clerks II defies the odds as a sequel that even the most ardent Clerks fans can be happy about. Twelve years after Kevin Smith turned the independent film world upside-down with his $27,000 black-and-white comedy, perpetual slackers Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) return for another raucous romp in suburbia, but this time there's no beloved Quick Stop mini-mart to ensure their low-level employment. Now they're aimless 33-year-olds flippin' burgers at Mooby's, a fast-food joint with a cow theme that's "udderly delicious." Dante's engaged to his long-time girlfriend but has unexpectedly fallen in love with Mooby's manager Becky (and since she's played by Rosario Dawson, can you blame him?), and Randal's still holding out for life, liberty,... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 28 November 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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