Review 1:
"...Refreshing....Smith's wit, verve, and imagination elevate the schematic..." -- Rating: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
pp.68-70 05/19/1995
Review 2:
"...The SLACKER generation is alive and well in CLERKS, a randy, irreverent, slice-of-life no-budgeter that's played for laughs and gets them....CLERKS is a grunge movie par excellence..."
Source: Variety
01/31/1994
Review 3:
"...The funniest movie this side of a Big Gulp..." - Recommended
Source: Premiere
p.116 06/01/1995
Review 4:
"...A buoyant, bleakly funny comedy....The two main actors are fresh and engaging..."
Source: New York Times
p.C10 03/25/1994
Review 5:
"...CLERKS is a circumspect comedy about the mundane and profane....The young cast have a gift with timing....[A] grass-roots catalogue of the weird and wondrous..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.42-3 05/01/1995
Review 6:
"...Smith shows great invention, a natural feel for human comedy, and a knack for writing weird, sometimes brilliant dialogue..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.23 11/04/1994
Review 7:
"[A] slacker phenomenon....Still funny."
Source: Uncut
p.146 09/01/2005