Clerks III

Clerks III

After narrowly surviving a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his old friend Dante to help him make a movie immortalizing their youthful days at the little convenience store that started it all.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Stars: Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Rosario Dawson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Austin Zajur, Scott Schiaffo, Justin Long, Fred Armisen, Ben Affleck, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Harley Quinn Smith, Ming Chen, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Mike Zapcic, Jason szalma, Lisa hampton, AJ Wilkerson, Bob Leszczak, Robert Hawk, Ernest O'Donnell, Dave Ferrier, Brian Quinn, Ralph Garman, Melissa Benoist, Danny Trejo, Joe Gatto, James Murray, Bobby Moynihan, Grace Smith, Sal Vulcano, Ethan Suplee, Donnell Rawlings, Kate Micucci, Marc Bernardin, Freddie Prinze Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Amy Sedaris, Chris Wood, Scott Mosier, Jake Richardson, Michelle Buteau, Marc Bernardin, AnnaMarie Brown, Yassir Lester
  • Director: Kevin Smith
 Comments
  • NanoNymphie - 4 April 2024
    An honest take with a beautiful story.
    This is one of those instances where it's very important to watch something for yourself, rather than read other people's reviews and form an opinion before you even watch it. I've grown up being a fan of Kevin Smith films and everyone in them, but I don't just assume everything will be great. I was actually very concerned that I may not like it this time. I was wrong. There's something really beautiful about this vulgar, explicit comedy that found a way to blend comedy and tragedy into something believable and honest and beautiful. I am grateful to be able to see the expression in this film. It made me laugh and it made me cry, and I feel like it aged with me. Thank you to everyone involved it was a great movie in the way the Clerks movies have always been. It evolved along with all of us.
  • scottherrera-71814 - 12 October 2023
    The movie we didn't know we wanted, but the story we needed.
    If you're looking for a stand alone movie give it one star and move on.

    What we have here is a perfect movie for those of us who grew up in the Askewniverse with those rude poorly trained Clerks with names like Mr Dante & Handel. The tone is a story by a friend for his friends. It's literally the only movie that will reliably give me chills or bring a tear to my eye. This is not the exact same snappy Clerks because we (hopefully) aren't the exact same people we were 30 years ago either. This is the epilogue we rarely ever receive for characters we love.

    Well played, Clerks.

    Snoochie Boochies.
  • NickGagnon942 - 9 June 2023
    A very big disappointment after how great the first two are.
    I was a huge fan of Kevin Smiths films when I was younger. Clerks 1 and 2, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Mallrats I watched a bunch during my teen years.

    Clerks 3 is about Randall having a heart attack and him wanting to make a movie of the adventures they has at the Quickstop over the years.

    Watching Clerks 3...was just a total bummer. I did hear this was a little darker, but the first two Clerks films got rather serious at times but had a nice balance of comedy to them. I mean I found really nothing funny here. I was more sad than anything. I mean was there a point to kill off Becky and Dante? What a dark way to end this trilogy. And usually, I like depressing and dark films. So basically, this was major disappointment.
  • skullcandy-06219 - 26 December 2022
    Kevin smith has lost it. 0/10
    As a longish time fan of Kevin smith, I just wanted to express how much of a piece of trash this movie was. Absolutely awful in every way, no jokes, unfunny/cringy dialogue, terrible writing and directing. I've seen better work on student films, this was horrendous, Kevin hasn't made anything worth while since red state, this was a truly horrible end to his series of films, I though Jay and silent bob strike back was one of the worst films ever created and this somehow equals it. What a terrible end to dante and randal's story, this should have never been made, they ruined the decent ending of clerks 2, clerks 2 had some pretty bad reviews on release that film now looks like shawshank redemption compared to this utter travesty of a film. How anyone could think this film was worth more than a rating of 1-2 is astounding to me. Kevin has completely went off the deep end since red state, making nothing but absolute garbage, what happend to the guy from the snowball effect documentary on clerks or an evening with Kevin smith? It's like he's been replaced by a malfunctioning clone of his former self.
  • brians-16549 - 17 December 2022
    You Killed off a Main Character ?
    Why would you even bother to make this film ?

    It was interesting, but sad to see how the other characters aged.

    Yes, we all got old.

    You made Elias gay and a devil worshipper ?

    To see all the original characters in the movie and how they aged was so abstract. Becky did not need to be killed off either, bringing her back as a ghost really sucked. The conversation between her and Dante in the cemetery made me wonder why those two were together in the first place. Too many times we had to see Dante very sad, I mean the reality type sad of someone losing a loved one. Jay and Bob tried to be funny, but fell short. Clerks II should have been the end of this series. Now everyone will not want to see the other two Clerks again knowing that this is where it ends up.

    Randall's final words to Dante in the cemetery summed up how sad this movie turned out to be.

    Very disappointed with this movie.
  • chrisjfailla - 26 November 2022
    Perfect closure
    Been a KS fan thru most of his career, enough to love his moments of brilliance (Chasing Amy, Dogma, Red State) while putting up with his less inspired experiments (Yoga Hosers, Cop Out). I loved this closure of the Clerks series. KS knows how to perfectly mix great storytelling, fan service,emotional impact, and random dick jokes.

    1) Using My Chemical Romance's "Welcome To The Black Parade" as the intro song was the 3rd best use of music in film in 2022 (only behind Stranger Things' use of Running Up That Hill and Master Of Puppets)

    2) The audition montage was a hysterically funny excuse to throw in some of his best friends and favorite actors.

    3) Did not see Dante's death coming. Tears.

    4) Saw the final scene playing out like Clerks 1&2, patiently waited for the camera pan out to Kevin's mom in the aisle checking the milk carton dates. Instead it was his daughter, so much better (his mom already had an earlier cameo).

    Bottom line, if you're a KS fan, this is everything you could ask for. If not, you'd miss many inside jokes but still hopefully like it overall.
  • ntreat - 15 November 2022
    If you care about Kevin Smith's work, it's fantastic
    I hope that any fan, of even one, of Kevin Smith's movie's watches this movie. It was hilarious, and it grew as the original movie did. Don't get me wrong, it's still a dirty and silly adult movie. However, you expect different? Seeing Dante and Randall come back to revive their roles and continue to prove that they have amazing chemistry. Jay and Silent Bob steal their scenes once again. It's goofy, hilarious, and heartfelt from a passionate writer and director. This is easily one of the best entries of the Kevin Smith universe. You feel the nostalgia, but you feel heart and passion of a classic carefully deliberately built in.
  • tdownes-19370 - 4 November 2022
    What a movie!!
    I'd never been so happy, and yet so sad at the same time. Having been a massive fan of Clerks 1 and 2 I went into this movie with lower expectations (sorry the Jay & Silent Bob Reboot wasn't my favourite) but I was so surprised by what I watched. I certainly wasn't expecting to feel so emotional when I watched it.

    I'll be honest.. my diet is terrible so watching this and seeing the pain everyone is going through is also inspiring me to change my lifestyle.

    If you haven't seen the first couple of movies this probably won't make too much sense to you, so I really recommend watching 1 and 2 first (Clerks 2 for me was brilliantly written, directed and acted).

    In short, watch this movie!.. prepare for some tissues to be used (not like that)