Clerks
Movie • 1994 • Comedy
ReportConvenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.
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Are there nude scenes?
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jdanni626
Randal briefly flashes a picture of a vagina in a magazine at a customer
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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qualityghost
Usage of the term "hermaphrodite" may be offensive to some, however it is used in a neutral medical sense and is a product of its time. Some may also be put off by pornography involving "chicks with dicks" being played as a joke.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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qualityghost
The main character Dante as well as the nine titled segments within the film are references to Dante's Inferno and the nine layers of Hell, but this is easy to overlook.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Open to interpretation. A four year old is sold cigarettes.
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Jethro
Weed is shown being used in this film quite a bit
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Not exactly but sort of. Something very, very distasteful is a joke regarding a woman's sexual experience.
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A woman mistakenly has sex with a dead man.
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Is someone choked?
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qualityghost
A character is grabbed by the throat and briefly choked during a fight scene; this is largely played as humorous, but the character is shown rubbing his neck and complaining about it later, implying it did mild damage.
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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qualityghost
The only deaths in this movie involve a character we never even got to meet, and a minor character we only see for one scene prior.
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qualityghost
There is a discussion where a character talks about how his cousin died, but we never meet this cousin and the way he died is meant to be grossly humorous.
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Are there clowns?
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MariaClocktower
One appears during the films opening logos
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Is there farting?
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qualityghost
A character farts on someone.
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Does someone spit?
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Jethro
One scene has a protagonist spit a mouthful of water onto an annoying customer to prove a point to his friend
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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qualityghost
There technically is, as a future film establishes that Caitlin Bree might be bisexual as she's slept with women before, but we don't know that during the events of this movie.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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jdanni626
The movie is wall to wall profanity
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
There is a significant amount of 90's homophobia humor.
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DoritoPrincess
Not necessarily, but Randall does use the term “chicks with dicks” at one point.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Sweet_Gwendolyn
Yes, aimed at a male character who is body shamed by two customers. He seems bothered by it.
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Is there hate speech?
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DoritoPrincess
Jay says the F-slur twice, once during his introduction scene and once during his last appearance. Also Randall rents a videotape about “hermaphrodites”.
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Sex
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A customer mentions she manually masturbates caged animals for artificial insemination.
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Jay mentions he would like to “knock boots” with his cousin again.
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Is there sexual content?
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Much of the humor is based on some aspect of sex.
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Are there fat suits?
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qualityghost
The character in this film notably portrayed as fat is played by someone who was actually that size.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Depends on your take. Things don't work out well, but it ends on a note of optimism.
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Is there gun violence?
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DoritoPrincess
No, but the alternate, cut ending of the movie ends with someone coming in after closing and shooting Dante.
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