ABC | Release Date: May 31, 2000
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5
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Detroit Free PressMike DuffyDec 18, 2019
Season 1 Review: In the transformation to animation, Clerks has seen its cutting edge go pretty dull. [31 May 2000]
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Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertDec 18, 2019
Season 1 Review: The endless ironic wit creates a big black hole in "Clerks," and there's nothing left to fill the void but tedious buddy characters doing their slacker thing in an unimaginatively drawn New Jersey setting. [31 May 2000]
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New York PostLinda StasiDec 18, 2019
Season 1 Review: It is not, "Beavis and Butt-head" it is not "The P.J.'s," it is not "South Park," it is not "The Simpsons." Heck, it's not even "King of the Hill." "Clerks" is like a more amusing version of my least favorite animated show of all-time, "God, The Devil and Bob," which mercifully went to cartoon hell about four minutes after the premiere.[31 May 2000, p.95]
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New York Daily NewsEric MinkDec 18, 2019
Season 1 Review: A lot more imperfect than interesting. Smith and Mosier teamed with "Seinfeld" veteran David Mandel, but the sneaky charm and subtlety of the movie and the deft shadings of the main characters - not to mention the joyous profanity, sexual anxieties and many drug references - have all been pretty much washed out. And the snappy dialogue that gave the film much of its energy plays sluggishly here, as if it had been padded in the editing process. [31 May 2000]