Dante Hicks is a clerk at the Quick Stop, a local convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. On his day off, his boss calls him in to cover a few hours for another employee who is sick. Arriving at the store, the security shutters are jammed closed, so Dante hangs a blanket over them with a message in shoe polish: I assure you; were open.
Dantes day is spent in the purgatory of serving a succession of customers while bemoaning the fact that I'm not even supposed to be here today. Interspersed with the demands of his job, Dante passes time in wide-ranging conversations with Randal Graves. Randal ostensibly works at the neighboring video store, although he spends almost the entire day at the Quick Stop. They converse about many things to pass time, such as if the contractors working on the second Death Star when it was destroyed at the end of "Return of the Jedi" were innocent victims or not. Dantes current girlfriend, Veronica, also stops in and the two talk about Dante's current disposition -- in a rut with no motivation to change.
Learning that hes stuck working the store all day, Dante convinces his friends to play hockey on the store roof. The game is short, since 12 minutes in, an irate customer shoots their only ball off the roof and into a gutter. Reopening the store, Dante finds out one of his ex-girlfriends has died and her memorial service is today. Randal talks him into closing the store again and going to the wake. The visit is disastrous, although the audience doesnt see what transpires during the memorial service. (The missing scene was animated for the 10th Anniversary Edition DVD; see below.)
Later, Dantes unfaithful ex-girlfriend Caitlin surprises him with a visit. The two trade banter, and Dante becomes torn between her and Veronica. He finally decides to take Caitlin on a date and slips home to change. He returns to discover that Caitlin had sex with a dead man in the bathroom, having mistaken the man for Dante (the man had earlier entered the bathroom with a pornographic magazine and collapsed with a heart attack). An ambulance takes Caitlin away in shock, along with the corpse.
Jay and Silent Bob, a pair of stoners whove spent all day hanging out (and dealing weed) outside the Quick Stop, then enter the store. Dante turns down Jays offer to party with them. Knowing Dante's predicament, Silent Bob pauses before following Jay outside and offers the following wisdom: You know, there's a million fine-looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you.
Dante realizes that he loves Veronica. When she returns to the Quick Stop, though, Randal complicates things by revealing that Dante was in love with Caitlin. Dante loses his temper and fights with Randal, though the two end up worn out and reconcile.
The film ends with Randal walking out of the store, popping back in briefly to toss Dante's sign at him stating, "You're closed!"
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Clerks - Funniest clip everby dhooper7349,152 views
well fuck you, you shoe polish smelling motherfucker.
Blackrican16 6 months ago
does anyone know the song from 0:50
bennythelazy2 11 months ago
I love the note that says "if you plan on shoplifting please let us know" i recomment everyone to see tgis movie!!
darkrogue266 1 year ago
never seen this trailer before. so great. kSmith and jMuse are one of the greatest duos of all time. up there with the D.
UnSoundEntertainment 2 years ago
one of the greatest movies of all time
such a good trailer, sick to see the original.
ASTSinmypants 3 years ago