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Mallrats
T.S. and his best friend, Brodie, seek refuge in a mall after their girlfriends break up with them. There the two young men machinate to appear on a game show being staged and also manage to meet comic-book magnate Stan Lee, and then, the girls show up.
27 January 1975, San Mateo, California, USA
25 May 1976, Manhattan, New York, USA
25 April 1970, Orange, California, USA
24 September 1944, Copenhagen, Denmark
7 December 1955, Fort Dix, New Jersey, USA
15 August 1972, Berkeley, California, USA
April 20, 2014
Retains enough Smith-isms to help navigate all potholes in execution. Flawed, yes, but Mallrats has its charms when it isn't shoving its hand up its own hindquarters.
September 27, 2007
Almost everyone has lively things to say, the topics usually centering on the Kevin Smith triumvirate of sex, comics, and movies.
January 01, 2000
Smith has slicked up his follow-up vision of Slackerville USA, but the outcome is nowhere near as brash and original.
September 22, 2005
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.
January 01, 2000
The fatal flaw in plotting the material is that we don't care.
February 13, 2001
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.
January 01, 2000
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 01, 2000
Between the routines and retorts, there's a lot of narrative dead air -- and far too many new guests.
January 01, 2011
Typical Kevin Smith fare; not suitable for kids.
October 15, 2004
How did Kevin Smith gain any fan base? This clunker made a bundle.
May 20, 2003
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.
December 27, 2006
Ragged, messy, and flat, this is Kevin Smith's sophomore jinx; coming right after Clerks, it was a huge artistic and commercial flop
