Mallrats

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Summary: mallrats DVD
Review: I hope everyone who thinks that Kevin Smith had some sort of sophomore jinx with "Mallrats" will let this DVD change their mind. I suspect that those who pan this movie have never seen all of the New Jersey trilogy the requisite number of times to enjoy a full appreciation of this film in particular. For those who already know and love Kevin Smith in general and Mallrats in particular, this DVD will lead to a renewed love of this movie. I think that the Mallrats DVD is the best DVD of any Kevin Smith movie. It has a lot of deleted scenes with introductions and the audio commentary is the best of any of his DVDs. The only reason I gave this four stars is because a good deal of the commentary is spent apologizing for or defending the film, which I think is unneccesary.

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Summary: Snootch the Nooch
Review: Mallrats rules. I have watched it everynight on VHS for five years, now I have it on DVD. The Heavens above have not yet given forth a work of pure theatrical art as is bestowed upon us mere mortals in Kevin Smiths universe of comedic genius.

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Summary: Who ever heard of Movie Reviewer School?
Review: Forget what reviewers say. Mallrats is pure fun. It might not make you think, but isn't that what school is for? If you're looking for a good (and uncensored) laugh, this is a good pick, full of unusual, off-color commentary. This is also one of the better films to see the antics of Jay and Silent Bob (Dogma is the other).

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Summary: The most consistantly funny movie ever
Review: Mallrats is the most consistantly funny movie ever. No matter how many times you watch it you always notice something new. Listen closely to everything the caracters say. There is a funny part every 5 seconds. If you dont own this movie you need to.

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Summary: THAT ... SAILBOAT!!
Review: this movie could not have been more hilarious!! kevin smith is a true genius when it comes to making relatively pointless movies about relatively pointless things!! as with all the kevin smith movies, it is rather crude and you wouldnt want your 7 year old watching it, and alot of the scenes are loosely based on comic books, and we all love comic books (well, at least i do).SO IF YOU WANT A GOOD LAUGH, RENT IT AND GET A COUPLE OF FRIENDS OVER AND GET READY FOR SOME RAUNCHY HILARIOUS [STUFF]!!

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Summary: The cookie stand is not a part of the food court!
Review: To me, this is possibly one of the greatest comedies ever created standing out from all the others in it's class, thus, not being a part of the food court if you get my reference. The jokes are hilarious and just keep coming and the odd refrences like to BJ and the Bear somehow make the movie that much funnier. If you haven't seen Mallrats yet, then you haven't experienced comedy on a full scale. If you have, then see some other Jay and Silent Bob movies or Mike Judge movies like Office Space (another classic). If you buy this movie, you won't be dissapointed.

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Summary: From box office slump to dvd gold, we present to u Mallrats!
Review: Mallrats only made 2 million ollers in the box office, & that is pretty bad, like monkeybone bad. but this new dvd makes up for all of it. The movie looked great, the commentary was hillarious. the hour of deleted scenes were ok, but looked pretty sloppy but you get to see the 20 minute beginning that was cut. when you see it you'll know why. This dvd price is a good price for this & is worth every penny.

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Summary: Funny!
Review: Kevin Smith does it again. He takes pride in his work and it shows in his movies (especially when it comes time to do the commentary for the DVD). Some DVD's you get extra little tidbits about a movie, but this one has a lot of stuff to explore. And when it comes to commentaries, Kevin Smith and crew know how to make watching the commentaries fun. Watching Kevin Smith commentaries (on either Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and soon-to-be released Dogma Collectors Edition) is the most entertaining thing since the movie. It's like watching this movie with your buds. A bunch of guys (Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Scott Mosier and others) joking, pocking fun and bringing up facts about the movie that would interest anyone who is a fan of the movie. One tidbit of knowledge that is revealed about the movie is the Jason Mewes character Jay. Something about Seth Green was going to play the part at one point in time. What, you ask, yes funny little bits like that. Do yourself a favor, these guys make fun movies, support them in their cause. Buy this DVD! Comics, ..video games, New Kids on the Block jokes, and Stan the Man, what more could ask for? Oh ya, Buy Dogma's Special Edition coming out late June. Then go watch JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK in August of 2001!

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Summary: Please Don't Hit Me!!!
Review: I just saw this for the first time after either watching or rewatching all of Kevin Smith's films the past two weeks. I pretty much place them in this order:

1. CHASING AMY 2. CLERKS 3. CLERKS UNCENSORED 4. DOGMA 5. MALLRATS

Now, there were a number of things that I liked in this movie. Like in his other movies, it was at its best whenever the characters just talked. To me, Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino's characters talk more interestingly than anyother characters in contemporary. With most directors, the movie tends to get more exciting as more things begin to happen. With Kevin Smith, the film gets better the less that happens, and the more people just talk. Good lord, I wish I talked half as well as his characters do.

Part of the problem with MALLRATS is the fact that there is more action in this film than in any of his others, including DOGMA. Just as DOGMA tends to bog down when people start doing things, so with MALLRATS. Unfortunately, the biggest culprit is Smith himself. I love the characters Jay and Silent Bob, and I hope the rumors that JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK will be those characters' swan song is incorrect. But when you have a director/screenwriter whose greatest strength is his dialog, and the character he plays doesn't speak, you have a fundamental conflict. In MALLRATS, Silent Bob has to do things, and a lot of what he does is just not funny, like repeatedly trying to perform the Jedi mind trick, or swinging down on a rope to hit a security guard on top of the head and instead plunging through a wall, or landing on a pair of skates and smacking himself into a wall. As a result, the more Jay and Silent Bob are used in a film the less effective they are. Their two best films are CLERKS and CHASING AMY (Silent Bob's best moment in each one is when he gives a brief speech that makes our hero understand just what a great girl he has or has had). This is why I am a little dubious about how successful JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK will be. Given their success or lack of success in previous films, I think they are most effective when they are not asked to carry a film. I sincerely hope that I am wrong. Personally, I am more excited about whatever film Smith does after his next one.

I would actually like to give this film 2 and 1/2 stars. Even though it is the weakest of Smith's films, it was still a lot of fun. Had it contained more talking and less action, it would have been even better.

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Summary: Sometimes a big budget is a bad thing....
Review: All of Kevin Smith's stuff is a mixed bag, alternating between intensity and goofiness, and this is deservedly his least successful film, probably due to the constraints that came along with big budget. The edginess is, well, less edgy, and that makes the comedy less effective.

If you didn't like the director's other work ("Clerks", "Chasing Amy", "Dogma") you aren't going to like this, either. And there's some chance that even if you =did= like his other work, you won't like this, but it's not as unredeemable as some make it out. Yes, Jay and Silent Bob are reduced to keystone cops, but this occasionally provides for some decent humor. Yes, it does have Shannen Doherty, but she's not as misplaced as you might think. Yes, it comes off as a little contrived, but it still has a lot of the Kevin Smith flair.

In fact, as gross as some of the humor is (though perhaps tame by Farrely Brothers' standards), it's really the absence of what you might call Smith's trademark willingness to look unflinchingly at certain issues that make this more like an "American Pie" or similar teen farce (however cleverly the director has woven in cinematic references) than it is like any of his other films.

If you're a Smith fan, this is a must have, just as an accompaniment to "Chasing Amy" which takes more than a few shots both at this movie and the critics who gleefully saw this movie as their opportunity to squash Smith.