Clerks

Dante Hicks is a clerk at a local convenience store in New Jersey. On one particular Saturday morning, he gets called in on his day off. Once there, he must deal with multiple problems. The shutters outside won't open. His ex-girlfriend, whom he is still in love with, is getting married. His girlfriend, who bugs him about starting college, has revealed certain, uh...stuff about her past. His boss hasn't come in to take his place. He has a hockey game at 2 o'clock. Another ex has died, and today's the last day he can go to her wake. He must deal with customers that aren't so intelligent. His friend, Randal, a clerk at the video store next door, is even less dedicated to his job than Dante, and is always bothering Dante's customers. And the biggest problem of them all: HE'S NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TODAY!

This is one of my all time favorite movies about life and how we cope with all the stupid crap that comes up everyday. Yes it is a bit farfetched that all this would happen in the same day but hilarious that it does. The thing that gets me is that the movie was made for a film school project and had such a big following that they made it into a full length feature film. What i really liked was the comraderie between Dante and Randal and how they interact on such a deep level even though they are talking about complete horseshit for most of the movie. I guess it just reminded of me and my friends when i was in high school.

The other side of this movie is the relationship between two pot headed drug dealers one who can't keep his mouth shut and the other one that never seems to open his pie hole. The two I speak of are Jay and Silent Bob and they end up in every installation of the director Kevin Smith's movie series. I implore you to gve this movie a shot especially if your tired of the same old big budget crapfest. I rate this movie a 9.5 out of 10. If you haven't seen it yet run don't walk to the video store and at the very least give it a rent cause your probably gonna end up buying it.