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andrew k @RT40967692 09/09/2022 How we got here. If you're a fan of Kevin Smith, both his movies and otherwise, this is wonderful. See more 08/13/2022 I've always loved Kevin Smiths work, so it was great to see some more of the behind the scenes story that I didn't already know. This was directed by a longtime friend of Kevin's, so that likely helped to get much more involved and personal interviews. Although I do think it negatively added to the length, as he may not have wanted to offend by cutting out too much on any one subject(some of them could have been trimmed quite a bit though). 7/10 See more 12/24/2021 Very interesting documentary about the life and truly historic career of the one Kevin smith. Personally I am a huge fan and if I wasn't then I wouldn't see this movie in the first place. Anyway for me none of this information is new to besides his early childhood and stuff. If your a brand new Kevin smith fan and know nothing about him then watch this. But if your like me and been a fan since 2017 or whenever then you'll already know all about his career. To me this is a generic well put together documentary if your a college student. For me the best documentary's are always the behind the scenes while filming a movie or something. Those are always cool like the new Beatles doc on Disney. That's fascinating but in this movie going through his whole career with nothing specific and just all summary it gets boring. And instead of being interesting it feels like an ego boosting for Kevin smith. Heck if this was a summary doc about me I would feel like my ego was boosted a little bit. But anyway this is a good summary movie. Is it interesting if your an old Kevin smith fan and know everything about him already? No but if you're a new Kevin smith fan then you'll like this. See more Ted W @RT84494621 12/24/2021 Very interesting documentary about the life and truly historic career of the one Kevin smith. Personally I am a huge fan and if I wasn't then I wouldn't see this movie in the first place. Anyway for me none of this information is new to besides his early childhood and stuff. If your a brand new Kevin smith fan and know nothing about him then watch this. But if your like me and been a fan since 2017 or whenever then you'll already know all about his career. To me this is a generic well put together documentary if your a college student. For me the best documentary's are always the behind the scenes while filming a movie or something. Those are always cool like the new Beatles doc on Disney. That's fascinating but in this movie going through his whole career with nothing specific and just all summary it gets boring. And instead of being interesting it feels like an ego boosting for Kevin smith. Heck if this was a summary doc about me I would feel like my ego was boosted a little bit. But anyway this is a good summary movie. Is it interesting if your an old Kevin smith fan and know everything about him already? No but if you're a new Kevin smith fan then you'll like this. See more Bad P @BadPenny 11/27/2021 Just underwhelming, I feel like he is going down hill and no one will tell him, If someone did then maybe we would get half decent movies and shows! See more 11/23/2021 Clerk is an extensive all access documentary examining the life and career of indie filmmaking icon Kevin Smith. If there's someone that had any connection with him and his films, they show up in this film to discuss his films and what it was like to work with him. Directed and written by Malcolm Ingram (with Sean Stanley) -- who also made Phantom of Winnipeg, a movie about how Phantom of the Paradise became a local sensation in that Manitoba town -- this movie shows everything from where Smith grew up to how he met the friends that would be in nearly all of his movies to how he went from indie filmmaker to being part of Hollywood to his spoken word, comic book and podcast careers. It even touches on his romantic relationships and how his life has changed since his heart attack. If you're a fan of Smith, you already know all of these stories, but perhaps those fans will love to see his whole story again and celebrate him. He certainly seems happy with life, kind to his fans and devoted to making the films he wants to make, even when films like Red State and Tusk push his usual Jersey hangout films into different directions. At one point in my life, Mallrats was the most important movie to ever speak to me. That feels like a long time ago, but I can't deny that so many of the ways that I look at film and life come from the movies of Smith, even if our sensibilities went in opposite ways when it seemed that he would continually just make the same Jay and Silent Bob films again and again. My lack of fandom doesn't keep me from thinking that this is a fine film that has plenty of access to its subjects. Sure, it doesn't dwell long on his failures -- there's always a reason -- and also doesn't get into some of the wilder stories like working on the Superman film or Cop Out, a movie that Smith claims he experienced total darkness while working with Bruce Willis. I guess the multitude of spoken word shows -- and DVD releases -- can tell those stories. See more Read all reviews

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