Clerks (1994)

Written and Directed by Kevin Smith

Starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith

A day in the life of two convenience store clerks, Dante and Randall as they annoy customers who annoy them, discuss movies and play hockey on the roof of their store.

Maintaining popularity through it's cult film status, "Clerks" has remained one of the most talked about comedies since it's premiere in 1994. It's ability to reflect the life of a person working in customer service, it is easy to connect with the characters. With the exception that they're terrible employees and should be fired immediately.

With the excepting of a few chuckles here and there, this movie is painfully unfunny. All of the characters are just unlikeable. Dante whines. Randall is a dick. Jay is dumb, but yet the only remotely funny character in the movie.

Dante also stole my last name.

It feels as though Kevin Smith is attempting to be the poor mans Tarantino by writing dialogue that has nothing to do with the plot because "it's how real people talk". It's a wonder this is a cult classic. I guess I just watched two decades too late. To each their own.

4/10