No onscreen sex or nudity, just tons of profanity and sex talk. It's not that bad but definitely not for anyone under 14, even then it may be innapropriate.
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Clerks
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Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 16. -
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Common Sense says
Low language, high philosophy, and low budget.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 16–17
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What Parents Need to Know
About Clerks
Parents need to know that there is more swearing in this film than at a convention of longshoremen. It's presented in the form of natural conversational rhythm, rather than as epithets. There are no depictions of sex, but it's discussed explicitly. Events and topics of note such as oral sex, masturbation, pornography, a death off screen, hermaphrodism, drinking, drugs, a child purchasing cigarettes, and an inadvertent case of necrophilia, make this film exceedingly inappropriate for kids under 17.
Read our full review by Lorrie Palmer
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about Dante and Randal's work ethic and their relationships with women. Which characters represent a positive life direction and which ones appear to be going nowhere? Parents and kids might find the production of the film interesting due to its large success and low budget. They might compare the director's passion and tenacity with the attitudes of Dante and Randal.
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- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Kevin Smith at his best
This movie is hilarious and my favorite KS movie but there are some problems though. There is some graphic sexual dialoge (what a snowball is, how hard it is to get a woman to have an orgasm) but they are all very brief. The biggest scene is when a woman has sex with a dead guy, but as I said earlier it's all very brief. Drug dealers Jay and Silent Bob are seen throughout dealing (not shown) and smoking ciggarettes. This movie would be fine for a sophisticated 11 year-old and up.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
BEST MOVIE EVER
This movie is a must see for everyone 13 & up Non-stop humor. does have language though but thats it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Domination!
This movie is by far better than the second. Jay and Silent Bob make the movie but Randall and Dante are super funny as well... This movie gets boring every now and then but overall is a must see...
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
An amazing indie gem.
Clerks is our first introduction to writer/director/actor Kevin Smith's "View Askewniverse". It's also the greatest film in that series. The characters of Dante and Randall engage in interesting, intelligent, and hilarious dialog while dealing with the boredom, hypocrisy and occasional weirdness of everyday life in a convenience store.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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