6/10
A not very funny 'Clerks'!
12 March 2023
A not very funny 'Clerks' with older gents and a bunch of social issues too long to list. The dramas come thick and fast in the day of the life of a fast food worker as his life and plans come crashing down around him, with a little nudge from the replacement he's training. Having done the same menial tasks for way too long, Stanley has grown attached to the minimum wage job. Heads butt when Jevon stirs thoughts and memories in Stan that leads to a series of unfortunate events.

A good format of skipping from one character's background to another's while also following the main, my man Stan. It provides a sense of comprehension when jarring opinions come unexpectedly from one or the other. The filmmakers don't force us to choose a side, but instead to just mellow in the blurr of beliefs and ideals this film stirs up.

It also brings up a number of moral questions. And as with any dilemma in life, one's choice in that exact moment is unique: somebody else or at another time in your own life, and that choice and its outcomes will differ. This film does not ask "what would you have done?" in those circumstances, but asks you to empathise with their good or bad choices.
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