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Mallrats
1995
The "sophmore jinx" hit hard for this second film by Kevin Smith, whose debut Clerks transcended the limits of its setting and budget to become memorably funny and a cult classic. (Smith followed Mallrats with the wonderful Chasing Amy, only to be cursed again with the appalling Dogma. Clearly he's settling into the same one-.. Read more
| Starring | Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Claire Forlani |
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| Director | Kevin Smith |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Mallrats
The "sophmore jinx" hit hard for this second film by Kevin Smith, whose debut Clerks transcended the limits of its setting and budget to become memorably funny and a cult classic. (Smith followed Mallrats with the wonderful Chasing Amy, only to be cursed again with the appalling Dogma. Clearly he's settling into the same one-off rhythm that afflicts the Star Trek movies.) A ramshackle comedy set in a mall, Mallrats follows several storylines involving lovers, enemies, friends, goofballs, and Smith's own character "Silent Bob", who also appeared in all the other Smith films. A heavy self-consciousness weighs on everything, as if Smith forgot how to make obscenity funny instead of tedious. Still, it's nice to see some of the director's film family on screen, among them Ben Affleck before he was famous, Jason Lee and Joey Lauren Adams. --Sally Chatsworth
| Starring | Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Claire Forlani, Priscilla Barnes, Michael Rooker, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Renee Humphrey, Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, Art James |
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| Director | Kevin Smith |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
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| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 26 Jan 2004 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Director Kevin Smith's follow-up to his no-budget independent hit Clerks was this under-rated comic look at pop Americana, junk culture and adolescent angst that gained enormously from the use of a professional cast (Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck et al). Focusing on a pair of slackers mooching around the local shopping mall after being dumped by their girlfriends, Smith's vulgar and consistently amusing diversion is as irreverent and spot-on as its eye-opening predecessor.
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The laid-back, inconsequential humour of Smith's first film, Clerks, wears thin here in a similar, but much more conventional, outing.
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9 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Hilarious
Quite simply one of the funniest movies ever made. Mallrats is the second installment of the New Jersey Saga in which is directed by comedic mastermind Kevin Smith. I loved this movie; it's a great element of just having fun and it teaches you that a good movie doesn't have to have a great storyline. The plot is about T.S. Quint (Jason London) and Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee) are best friends and both have girl problems. T.S.'s girlfriend, played by Claire Forlani who is really hot, breaks up with T.S. because he isn't supposedly true to her and Brodie has a girl, who is played by Shannon Doherty, who's had relations with him and is tired of his antics, so she goes out with a preppie, who's name is Shannon Hamilton played by Ben Affleck. So Brodie and T.S. go to the mall to relieve their problems and come to see a wide variety of hilarious characters. For example, Jay and Silent Bob, who is played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith himself. These two stoners help T.S. and Brodie win back their girlfriends by pulling out a scheme at a premiere game show being televised at the mall. In this, they pull an interesting way to get back their girlfriends and save the day as the king of the mall.
The movie is hilarious and Brodie Bruce played by Jason Lee is probably the funniest character in the movie, plus all the other people are funny as hell, too. I give this movie an 8 out of 10 because of pure fun, entertainment and comedy.
If you like Mall Rats, you may also wish to hire [Clerks], [Chasing Amy], [Dogma] [Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Great 80/90's film
I love this Kevin Smith film it's one of his best by far.
If you like Breakfast Club and such films this is in the same mold.
Great actors great great Comedy and a young Ben Aflick to hate and loth!
A Kevin Smith would not be complete and i'm not sure but I think this was there first showing with out Silent Bob and Jay and they cause all sorts of problems and comedy moments!
Please get it and then I can stop writing about it.
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Smith offended Garner with Affleck gags
- 20 Jun 2009
Director Kevin Smith got on the wrong side of his Catch And Release co-star Jennifer Garner - after he ridiculed her husband Ben Affleck when he visited the set. Smith, who is a longtime pal of Affleck's after directing him in 1995 cult hit Mallrats, eagerly mocked his friend when the actor came to watch his wife's scenes on the 2006 movie. But Garner obviously didn't understand the nature of their playful relationship - and threatened to beat up Smith if he continued to belittle her partner.... Read more
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