Mallrats

Pros: Its "reported" to be so bad, that nothing can come but good
Cons: No movie is without fault

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Mallrats, released 1995 by Universal.
Written and Directed by Kevin Smith.

DOMESTIC GROSS: 2.122 million.

Blasted by nearly every critical mind in the existence of our Universe.
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Pros: Jason Lee, fast paced, and pretty funny
Cons: a weak plot and the usual overuse of "d*ck and fart jokes"

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Pros: Jason Lee and Jason Mewes shine; very funny moments; nerdy jokes
Cons: Probably the weakest of Kevin Smith's films.

After Clerks blew up and transformed from a cult classic to a phenomenal hit, Kevin Smith became one of the most recognizable names in comedy filmmaking in the mid 90s. A lot of people considered the new director to have the pulse of the ...

Pros: Great wit. Great dialogue. Great ensemble cast of characters. Great document of its time.
Cons: Shaky plot. Shaky craftsmanship. Lighthearted, perhaps lacks seriousness.

(Warning: the following review contains copious amounts of pop-philosophy and pop-sociology [close kin to pop-psychology] i.e. I am talking out of my a__. Read at your own risk.)

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Pros: The laughs; improvements over Clerks.
Cons: The improvements aren't much...

Mallrats is one of those movies that only succeeds because it's characters are peculiar and it's babes are hot. Seriously, this movie has some attractive women. But really, if you look outside of the box, it's just an awful movie, suffering from ...

Pros: The DVD is a wealth of great features and the film is alright.
Cons: It's still the most flawed and least interesting of Kevin Smith's flicks.

This has seriously got to stop, people. It's an insult to a hard-working consumer like me, who loves watching movies on DVD and loves to write about movies he saw on DVD. I'm talking about Universal Home Entertainment's never-ending double-dipping ...

Pros: Funny, makes a lot more sense with new cut, good extras, preservation of original
Cons: Still weak in some areas, Packaging; back tells nothing about movie! Simplified Resolutions.

"Mallrats" is two movies, a fact that ePinions wants to deny by not creating a listing for the new "Mallrats Tenth Anniversary Edition," so my review is actually two reviews for the price of one. "Mallrats" was the second film produced by View Askew ...

Pros: funny, Jay and Silent Bob, Stan Lee makes an appearance, Star Wars references
Cons: un-important plot

For the last couple of years I’ve been a huge Kevin Smith fan. Ever since I rented Clerks I’ve loved all of his work. Mallrats is arguably his funniest movie. Chasing Amy or Dogma is probably his best, but Mallrats I his funniest. I finally got the money...

Pros: Lee is great, and it has a few hilarious moments.
Cons: Too ambitious, and Smith really needs to stop trying to be so clever.

Define irony: Kevin Smith wrote, in a foreword to his "Clerks/Chasing Amy" screenplay, that he always knew his second film would get shredded by the critics, who would always label his Difficult Second Film as "a poor follow up". His...

Pros: Some inspired action sequences
Cons: Poorly executed slapstick, clumsy storyline, Jeremy London

The best way to really define Mallrats, is that it's a commercial film struggling to be an independent film. That being the case since it's director was Kevin Smith, hot off the success of Clerks and intent on making a major studio film. I think the ...

Pros: The cast, the story, the humor
Cons: you might gag a few times from the gross humor.

"They're not there to shop. They're not there to work. They're just there." It speaks to anyone whose ever spent a day hanging out in a mall to kill time. Mallrats is the second of Kevin Smith's slacker films, extending the legacy (and story) of his ...

Pros: The ensemble cast
Cons: Kevin Smith crumbled a bit under pressure

The Plot:
Best friends T.S. (Jeremy London) and Brodie (Jason Lee) both just got dumped by their girlfriends. T.S. was just about to propose to his girlfriend Brandi (Claire Forlani), but Brodie just didn't appreciate his girl Rene (Shannen...

Pros: Mallrats is a hilarious movie with funny characters, plots, and a great director.
Cons: Unless you don't like to laugh and be entertained, Mallrats doesn't have many cons.

“They’re not there to shop. They’re not there to work. They’re just there.” Kevin Smith does it again and creates the ultimate mall-junkie movie: Mallrats. Set obviously in the mall, Brodie (Jason Lee), and T.S. (Jeremy London)...

Pros: Flashes of Kevin Smith's warped humor
Cons: Commercialized for a larger audience-that didn't appreciate it!

Unappealing title, unappealing premise (kids in a mall? You have to be kidding!) Why DID I watch this movie? Because I am a Kevin Smith Fan! I wait for some profound but ironic truth to make itself evident in either action or witty dialogue. I have to...

Pros: A few amusing moments make this easy viewing.
Cons: A muddled script and variable performances.

Watching a movie is a bit like watching a puppet show; you know it's not real, but if the strings are too obvious it takes away some of the fun. Mallrats was cult filmmaker Kevin Smith's second film, a disappointing comedy where the strings are all too ...