Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
1.5/4
"Mallrats" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 02/20/2012
Two suburban slackers are both dumped by their girlfriends on the same day, so they decide to hang out at the local mall to cheer themselves up. And that's it. Kevin Smith's second film obviously had a much bigger budget, and to be honest all it did was take away any excuses he had for the severe lack of skill he displays behind the camera. He desperately tries to recapture the easygoing charm of Clerks, but to be honest that film was seriously propped up by the Gen X zeitgeist of the time in which it was made and that being taken away, the whole thing just falls flat on its face. The dialogue is clumsy and unnatural and peppered with Smith's trademark pop culture references, but without any semblance of structure, plot or even ideas to hang them on, it just comes across as an aimless, …
Rating of
3/4
Mallrats review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/23/2011
T.S. Quint (Jeremy London) is dumped by Brandi Svenning (Claire Forlani) after a heated argument. Rene Mosier (Shannen Doherty) breaks-up the immature comic and Sega fanatic Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee). Rene goes out with clothing store Manager named Shannon Hamilton (Ben Affleck). Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) try to aid T.S. and Brodie with their love problems. It had a lot of film references such as the Untouchables line, silent Bob emulating the caped crusader, Superman and Godfather where Brandi’s father talks to T.S. The artists delivered the lines naturally though its difficult to realize if people talk the way they did.
The soundtrack was hip and screenplay was witty but at times to geeky and childish. The deleted scenes, “easter egg” and “look …
Rating of
4/4
Living in the shadows of Dante And Randal.
LeopardExplosion - wrote on 06/15/2008
Clerks was the first Kevin Smith film I saw, followed by the sequel, Clerks 2. The Clerks series is a favourite among View Askew fans, and I love them myself. Like children. But while watching Mallrats, Brodie and T.S, are like Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, it's not genius, but I definetly can live with it. We've got two guys who have been dumped for minor reasons to end a relationship, and their only goal that day was to roam the mall like, well, Mallrats. The characters don't seem to be too upset. Either the girls weren't worth the grieving, or this mall they went to must have really kicked ass. Jay And Silent Bob return, Which I'm glad to see, since they made the movie much better than it was before the two reached the pet store.
Not the best Kevin Smith film, but still worth …
