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Mallrats (1995)

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22

Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 7

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Average Rating: 3.6/5
User Ratings: 198,772

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Kevin Smith's follow-up to his unexpected hit Clerks details the pointless story of T.S. (Jeremy London) and Brodie (Jason Lee), two suburban New Jersey slackers who decide to head to the mall in search of solace after being dumped by their girlfriends (Shannon Doherty and Claire Forlani, respectively). There the two young men machinate to appear on a game show being staged and also manage to meet comic-book magnate Stan Lee. However, complications arise when the girls show up. ~ Jeremy Beday,

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Jul 18, 2000

MCA Universal Home Video

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Critic Reviews for Mallrats

All Critics (48) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (20) | DVD (32)

Mallrats mixes clever bits and an appealing quirkiness (which goes a long way) with gross-out practical jokes, needless repetition and obvious padding, since it has no real plot.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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The movie has a few amusing '70s references and there's a wonderfully weird sequence featuring a topless fortune-teller. Overall, though, moviegoers can find much better deals.

June 18, 2002 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
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If the Sundance Institute or the AFI ever offers a course advising directors of successful first films what to avoid the second time around, Mallrats could be at the heart of the curriculum.

February 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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The fatal flaw in plotting the material is that we don't care.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Despite a broad range of effective comedy and a decent laugh-per-minute ratio, Mallrats is likely to be a moderate disappointment for anyone who guffawed their way through the previous film.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Typical Kevin Smith fare; not suitable for kids.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Alex Orner
Common Sense Media

Almost everyone has lively things to say, the topics usually centering on the Kevin Smith triumvirate of sex, comics, and movies.

September 27, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Ragged, messy, and flat, this is Kevin Smith's sophomore jinx; coming right after Clerks, it was a huge artistic and commercial flop

December 27, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Described variously as the Blade Runner of comedy, the red-headed stepchild of the Kevin Smith/View Askew movies, and as crap.

November 3, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine
Tony Whitt
Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

There must be a helluva lot of Mallrats fans out there, and I feel pretty confident in saying that they'll pretty much adore this new DVD edition.

September 22, 2005 Full Review Source: DVD Clinic
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic

How did Kevin Smith gain any fan base? This clunker made a bundle.

October 15, 2004
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Fun, but the least of Smith's Jay and Silent Bob films.

May 23, 2004
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Sophomoric silliness.

January 13, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Poop Shoot
Michael Dequina
Movie Poop Shoot
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Audience Reviews for Mallrats

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17 years ago I was around 10 years old, magic eyes were in every daily newspaper comics section, vhs tapes were all we knew, the Sega Genesis was the racy video game machine, and punk rock was beginning its heyday. There was barely an internet and there was no e-commerce, nor were there shopping centers like we have now; there were only malls. Malls with arcades, pet stores and comic book stores. Mallrats, from 1995, captures this moment in time. This is a very stupid movie, but Kevin Smith does to "stupid comedy" what Quintin Tarantino does to "violence" -- adds an entertaining, signature style and atmosphere (and off-plot dialogue of random observations). They are both confident in their unorthodox approaches, doing things no other filmmakers have the guts to try or sense to pull off (Did I really just do a magic eye image? ..Yes, and that was no sailboat!). This movie knows what it is, bad acting included, and it doesn't care if I don't like it - it was only made for those that would. If I had seen this as an adult 17 years ago, I likely would have thought it banal and given it 2 stars. But seeing it now, well I guess I'm one of the lucky ones!
January 9, 2012
Matthew Slaven
Matthew Slaven

Super Reviewer

Though this a brainless, disappointing follow-up to Clerks, it's still enjoyable just to enter back into the world of Kevin Smith.
November 20, 2011
Graham Jones
Graham Jones

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Mallrats Quotes

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    1. Tricia: When are men going to learn that women want romance, not Mr. Toad's Wild Ride?
    2. Brodie: Be fair, all right? Everyone wants Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
    – Submitted by Dann M (13 months ago)
    1. Brodie: I love the smell of commerce in the morning.
    – Submitted by Dann M (13 months ago)
    1. T.S. Quint: I'd prefer ritual suicide.
    – Submitted by Kendall B (22 months ago)
    1. Brodie: Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, 'the Whale,' they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.
    – Submitted by Kendall B (22 months ago)

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