Clerks. Page #3

Synopsis: Dante Hicks is not having a good day. He works as a clerk in a small convenience store and is told to come into work on his day off. Dante thinks life is a series of down endings and this day is proving to no different. He reads in the newspaper that his ex-girlfriend Caitlin is getting married. His present girlfriend reveals to have somewhat more experience with sex that he ever imagined. His principal concerns are the hockey game he has that afternoon and the wake for a friend who died. His buddy Randal Graves works as a clerk in the video store next and he hates his job just about as much as Dante hates his.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Kevin Smith
Production: Miramax Films
  5 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1994
92 min
892 Views


- Thanks.

- How much money did you leave up there?

Like, three dollars in mixed change

and a couple of singles.

This time in the morning,

people just get a paper or coffee.

- You're trusting.

- Why do you say that ?

How do you know they're taking

the right amount of change

or even paying for what they take ?

Theoretically, people see money

on the counter, no one around,

they think they're being watched.

Honesty through paranoia.

Why do you smell like shoe polish ?

I needed shoe polish

to make that sign out there.

- Smell won't come off.

- [ Door Opens ]

You think anybody

can see us down here ?

Why, you wanna have sex or something ?

- Can we ?

- Really ?

- l was kidding.

- Like you can't get enough of me.

- Typically male point of view.

- How do you figure ?

Show some bedroom proficiency,

you think you're gods.

What about what we do for you ?

Women as lovers are basically the same;

they just have to be there.

- Be there ?

- Making a male climax

isn't at all challenging.

Insert somewhere close,

preferably moist, thrust, repeat.

How flattering.

Now, making a woman come,

therein lies a challenge.

You think so ?

A woman makes a guy come,

it's standard.

A guy makes a woman come,

it's talent.

- And l actually date you ?

- Something wrong ?

I'm insulted. Believe me, Don Juan, it

takes more than that to get a guy off.

Just being there, as you put it,

is not enough.

Hmm, I've touched a nerve.

I'm astonished to hear you

you trivialize my role in our sex life.

It wasn't directed at you.

I was making a broad generalization.

You're making a generalization

about broads.

Those are my opinions

based on the few women...

who were goodly enough

to sleep with me.

- How many ?

- How many what ?

How many different girls

have you slept with ?

- Didn't we have

this discussion once before ?

- We might have.

- l don't remember. How many ?

- including you ?

It better be up to and including me.

- Twelve.

- You slept with 12 different girls ?

Including you ? Yes.

- Ow ! What'd you do that for ?

- You're a pig !

- Why'd you hit me ?

- Do you know how many different men

I've had sex with ?

Do l get to hit you after you tell me ?

- Three.

- Three ?

- Three, including you.

- You only slept

with three different people ?

- I'm not the pig you are.

- Who ?

- You !

- No, who are the three, besides me.

- John Francin and Rob Stanslik.

- Wow.

That's why you should feel like a pig.

You men make me feel sick.

- You'll sleep with anything

that says yes.

- Animal, mineral or vegetable.

Vegetable, meaning paraplegic.

They put up

the least amount of struggle.

After dropping a bombshell like that,

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Kevin Smith

Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo "Jay & Silent Bob". Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow-up films Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back which were mostly all set in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon described by fans as the "View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier. more…

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