AllNewSux

Not an exaggeration when I call this one of the worst things I've ever watched in my life. So far from its actual source material I have zero idea why they even call it Clerks. They have no understanding of Dante, no understanding of Randall and clearly have the writing talents of Kevin Smith, but back when he was in the 4th grade. Childish and unfunny in every way, shape and form and they don't get what makes Clerks such a lasting property...the friendship between Randall and Dante! The annoying ice cream kid was an unnecessary addition as was seeing Dante's dad (even if the dad did give me the one laugh I had watching this trash). It's floating around free online somewhere and whether you're a Clerks fan or not, you don't need to see this. Not even "so bad, it's good", this is just plain BAD.

I've heard many people complain that a book just can't be wrapped up in a mere 2 hour long feature...imagine having only 10 1/2 minutes to work with! This is of course an extremely condensed version of The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, but it's not a bad little film. It took 5 days to complete these few minutes which is a longer amount of time than most film productions of the day were given, film being more of a novelty back then. There's no real introduction to the story or our characters, the movie just gets right down to business with Dr. Jekyll's experiment. As far as the necessary special effects for this story go, the initial transformation cut shot is a bit silly but the fade back into the good doctor looks much better. On a more positive note, we get a lot of Hyde which is good as what horror movie fan doesn't want to see more of the monster and overall this film is a nice, simple telling of the basic story. Whereas it may not be as skillful or as important as Georges Méliès' A Trip To The Moon or Thomas Edison's Frankenstein, it's still a short film worth seeing if you're a fan of early silent cinema or Robert Louis Stevenson.