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Summary: "Would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?"
Review: Critics panned Mallrats as Kevin Smith's sophmore slump after his surprise critical hit Clerks, but while Mallrats may not be Kevin Smith's finest effort, its still hilarious. Jason Lee plays comic book nut and Sega NHL freak Brodie Bruce, and Jeremy London plays his pal T.S. Both get dumped by their girlfriends (Shannen Doherty and Claire Forlani respectively), so both decide to go to the mall to get their minds off of being dumped. While there they meet up with good 'ol Jay & Silent Bob, and wind up seeing their exes in the mall as well. What follows is a plan for both of them to get they're girls back, and funny hijinks. While Mallrats doesn't offer an underlying theme like Clerks and Chasing Amy did, it does have blasts of Smith's irreverant comedy, which makes Mallrats a great movie, but certainly not Smith's best. The cast also includes Ben Affleck (before he hit it big), Joey Lauren Adams, Michael Rooker, and Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee.
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Summary: you gotta love it
Review: I have been a huge Kevin Smith fan since Clerks arrived...I love his writing style and the true, raw feel the characters have....This is just another example of the almost pure genius that Kevin has and brings to life on the screen....Also watch Chasing Amy!! Another personal favorite.....
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Summary: It's The Mall You've Gotta Love It!
Review: Mallrats is definetly a Kevin Smith movie. It's got all of Smith's outrageous dialogue as well as Jay and Silent Bob. This movie is a must have for a lover of Smith, especially if you like Jay and Bob. This movie defines the character of Silent Bob for the later Smith movies, and if you want to fully enjoy Jay and Silent Bob strike back you must see this movie. Many of the jokes in JSBSB are from Mallrats. This is definetly a cult classic. If you like comedies you'll love this movie. Don't forget to watch the running jokes and for the jokes Smith makes on himself.
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Summary: Comic Genius for all
Review: You don't have to know Jay and Silent Bob to like this movie, but it helps. A fantastically hilarious performance from skateboarder-turned-actor Jason Lee, who delivers his cynical, sarcastic lines with malicious enthusiasm. As a writer-director, Kevin Smith refuses to let traditional Hollywood stereotypes dictate his dialogues. What it lacks in realism it makes up for ten-fold in poignancy. It's not all about the dope-jokes and comics, folks!!
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Summary: Best Smith movie ever
Review: If you like Kevin Smith's movies, and dont have this one you've got to go get it now! This is the best one in my opinion, and I'm sure you'll probibly think it's funny too.
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Summary: Mallrats, a great movie for the comic lover in all of us.
Review: Mallrats, a great movie with some great cameos as well. A perfect movie for a day when you just want to laugh. I've thoroughly enjoyed this movie each of the times I've seen it. I can especially respect the comic references in this movie. The climax of these references being the extended Stan Lee cameo. Brodie, who you could call the protagonist of the movie, finally gets to meet Stan, his idol, after a day where he could never imagine something so cool as meeting Stan would happen. This is probably my favorite part of the movie. Brodie definitely covers what he thinks are the important questions concerning some of Stan's characters. Example: Mr Fantastic, do his stretch powers go to every part of his body? The movie is chock full of humor. If you can have the stomach for crude humor as well as just plain old stupidness, rent, or even buy Mallrats today. You'll never regret it. And if you really like this one, You'll probably like the rest of director Kevin Smith's movies. In fact, watching Clerks before watching Mallrats helps out as it gives you an introduction to the characters of all of Smith's films. If you really like Kevin Smith, check out some of his comic book work as well. He writes the new Green Arrow series called "Quiver" for DC. Also, you can check out his run of the Marvel comic Daredevil. It is available in paperback form. Enjoy the show.
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Summary: Great DVD, lackluster movie,
Review: Well, when you start following Kevin Smith's movie career and get here, there might be two possibles outcomes.1. You will lose all respect for mr. Smith 2. You will forgive him and laugh with his worst slapstick, because , after all, a bad Smith movie is better that any regular teen comedy. This DVD is jam packed, and has very decent anamorphic transfer. The 5.1 sound is neat and the extras are so informational you will get tired at one point. Just for historical purpose, this was the dvd that started the excelent "Viewaskew DVD trend." Since this edition, every Wieaskew release follows a very similar strcuture in representig each DVD. So, if you are a Hardcore fan, buy it now....if not...rent first....
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Summary: Aging like a fine cheese
Review: It's funny... back when Mallrats was first released, pretty much EVERYONE hated it. Not just critics, but Clerks fans as well. It was disappointing, compared to Clerks. It seemed less witty, perhaps a little overblown. It wasn't Clerks 2. But as time went on, I think most of us came to understand that it wasn't SUPPOSED to be Clerks 2. It was supposed to be a farcical slapstick comedy. Viewed as such, it rocks. Well, usually... a couple of the jokes just plain don't work. And I suppose that goes for a couple of the performances, too.
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Summary: It's less intelligent than Clerks, but still entertaining
Review: Mallrats is chapter 2 in the kevin Smith Saga and for the most part holds it's own. I have yet to see the last three of the films but from what I can tell he is going for a similar pattern yet different courses. FOr one thing the profanity level is through the roof. However the humor is as apealing as in CLerks.
However where clerks was intleligent humor, Mallrats is more sightgags. For example the guy who can't see the Sailboat in the picture, or the antics of Jay and Silent Bob. It's deffinetly more sight gags.
Over all howver don't judge just because of the change of pace, the movie still holds it's own as a funny title, and a very raunchy, but still very funny.
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Summary: I don't understand why film critics hate this movie.
Review: I always thought that Kevin Smith was trying to make a stupidly funny 1980s-esque teen flick, and he succeeded. This film is simply a bit of fluff on the cinematic radar, not "The Great American Film", nor does it try to be. True, "Mallrats" has its flaws. Shannen Doherty is pretty unlikeable in this movie; Jeremy London is not to be confused with Laurence Olivier, or even Keanu Reeves; and the "back seat of a Volkswagen" joke JUST DOESN'T WORK. However, Jay & Silent Bob are a delight (as always) and the movie's funny moments far outweigh the bad ones. I liked "Mallrats" better than "Chasing Amy". I'll take stupid teen flick over melodrama any day of the week.
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