fan of kevin smith work may debate what movie of his be the best . some say mallrats some say chase amy but i feel the majority be in the clerk . camp . one of the most screamingly funny film of all time that speak about a lost generation . the intelligent and under appreciate faux scholar of the quick stop and rst video be archetype of the modern man . dante the lost . randal the outspoken . each of u have those tendency in u . we all and at some point and have felt lose in the modern world . yearn for the day past . the day lose . wish that high school be a full time gig . for many people it be the peak of their life . work a dead end job . work a job that you keep because it easy . there be no pressure and best of all no expectation . dante hick be one person . nothing special . not especially handsome or intelligent . but he be search for his way in life . we drop in on a day where his life change . we drop in on his and what may very well be and his defining moment . his ex girlfriend be get marry . his current girlfriend reveals sexual exploit that he would rather not have hear . all this and his best friend and randal and stir the pot . randal and he suppose that he know it all . he have it all figure out but merely it a cover for the frightened and lose boy that he be . no ambition . no future . and no string . clerk . be a modern classic that struck at a time when the age bracket do not have a voice . we need an outlet and kevin smith struck a chord in all of u . i have grow with smith movie . i see progression throughout his film . clerk . be the beginning .