Rating of
3/4
Mallrats review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/23/11
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 back” on the special features on the DVD were really nice. Had some laugh out loud moments such as the “the hand shaking with Brandi’s dad,” the question and answer portion and Silent Bob crashing into a changing Gwen. Overall, Mallrats maybe be a bit cheesy and juvenile, but sacrificing for love/what you believe in and sticking up for your friends are some aspects that this film boasts.
