4/4  Perfect Score for The Quick Stop.
Kevin Smith's debut as a director, is much more than it looks. It costed very little, with low production value, and B class acting. That doesn't take away from the fact, the little indie turned into a cult classic film. They didn't spend... (read full)

3/4  line up three reviews and make like a circus seal
clerks is one of my all time favorite movies, number 1 on my dvd shelf and the 3rd dvd i ever bought the first 2 were spaceballs and south park vol 3 haha but the movie shot on low the and spawned my favorite director Kevin Smith so if you... (read full)

4/4  great movie
definitely an amazing first effort by Smith. some people don't appreciate the smart and witty humor of the film. while not entirely deep, and definitely not one for the children, my dad introduced me to it when I was about 16. ever since t... (read full)

4/4  Comedy masterpiece!
Clerks is a film that I greatly look up to these days. Kevin Smith did everything he could to create a story that would be both interesting to the viewer, and yet be original enough for people to want to see more than once, while at the sa... (read full)

3.5/4  Clerks Quick Review
I watch this movie every time it is on TV, and still enjoy it every time. The dialogue is great, and the characters were written well enough to hold up and appear in several other movies in the 10+ years since.

3/4  Clerks Quick Review
A good movie that really keeps people interesting in such a small subject matter. Although the acting is terrible and the plot is loose, it some how gets under your skin and people begin to like it. It is funny enough to watch again. see it

4/4  Clerks Quick Review
Kevin Smith's initial foray into filmmaking is an expletive-filled, low-budget and ultimately amazing journey into the lives of two convenience store clerks and the myriad of people they interact with. Hilarious, outrageous & smart.

5/5 The last "Veiw Askew" to go hi-def
  by M. Daneker (Spinnerstown, Pa USA)
Although Kevin Smith is not the most cinamatic film maker, that doesn't mean his films shouldn't be on hi-def. Fortunately, all his films have been given grand treatment on blu-ray (Jersey Girl, a non askewaverse film has not yet showed up on the format) his first film is over-due.

First of all, Clerks is a first-rate silly-movie full of some of the best dialogue ever put on the screen - Smith is like a non-violent Tarintino. It's not for everyone, firstly it's a bit dated and second it's not the go for endless laughs sort of film like Superbad or 40 Year Old Vergin that people are now used to.

So why put a film shot on cheap cameras, edited in a video store on a table during working hours and shot on Smith's credit-card budget? Because, you're HDTV has 1080 lines of resolution and your DVD has 480. Can Clerks ever look chrystal clear and razor sharp, nope, but can it look just like the best possible print projected on a large screen? Yes! Watching Clerks on DVD on an HDTV is going to introduce jaggeed lines and added distortion to an already grainy film, watching it on blu-ray, you see exactly what is on the original film, just like it looks on the film.

Is it worth an upgrade??? Hm, let me see, YES!

5/5 Blu-ray is worth the money
  by C. Bennett
I don't think some people really understand blu-rays. Movies like this that might be "lo-def" can still look and sound better on Blu-ray simply because the image and sound isn't compressed as it would be on a DVD.

If you're interested in upgrading you'll be very pleased with the overall presentation along with a bonus documentary on the making of Jay and Silent Bob. Smith fans will definitely want to check this out.

If you haven't seen Clerks yet you're missing out. It's one of the best comedies released in the 90's.

2/5 Low resolution Black & White source; save your money!
  by E. D. Schindler (Laguna Niguel, CA)
First off, I love this movie. With that said, it is not worth upgrading this film to blu-ray. As stated in another review, this film was a low budget film shot on cheap low resolution black & white film stock. It may as well have been filmed with a camcorder.

The blu ray version is also way over priced. Giving this film a blu ray "upgrade" makes as much sense as giving "The Blair Witch Project" a blu ray transfer. The source material is crap. If you must have everything blu ray, that's fine, but wait awhile as this one will surely drop in price.

3/5 A hi-def version of a low-def film?
  by Brent Scott (Columbia, MD USA)
Seems a bit silly to have this in hi-def, per IMDB it was filmed using a 16mm Arri SR-2 camera and used Kodak Plus-X film, decidely NOT hi-def. Oh well, for those that must have everything in BRD, here's another.