Jason Lee

Jeremy London

Shannen Doherty

Claire Forlani

Ben Affleck

Joey Lauren Adams

Renée Humphrey

Kevin Smith

Jason Mewes

Ethan Suplee

Stan Lee

Priscilla Barnes

Michael Rooker

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Carol Banker

Steven Blackwell

Kyle Boe

David Brinkley

Walt Flanagan

Ethan Flower

Chelsea Frye

Jeff Gadbois

Ed Hapstak

Terry Hempleman

Art James

Bryan Johnson

Mikey Kovar

David Klein

Scott Mosier

Crystal Muirhead-Manik

Tyson Nassauer

Brian O'Halloran

Aaron Preusse

Britt Swenson

Mary Woolever

Brad Fox

Gino Gori

Zach Perkins

Brad Giddings

Bryce Mack

Christopher O'Larkin

Earl R. Burt

Tammara Melloy

Rachel Oliva

Jessica Sibinski

Joel Thingvall

Dina Lipton

Sean Daniel

Paul Dixon

James Jacks

Caldecot Chubb

Ira Newborn

William Hooper

Charles Maynes

Diana Stoughton

Harry E. Snodgrass

William Jacobs

Sue Savage

Dana Allyson

Richard LeGrand Jr.

Donna Smith

Beth DePatie

Don Phillips

Terra Abroms

Brigette A. Myre

Laura Greenlee

Kristin Mosier

Toni G

Crist Ballas

Robert Apisa

Chuck Zito

Dennis McNeill

Kathy Nelson

John Hughes

Sherry Heart

James Bolt

Anton Herbert

Alan Holly

Joan Rowe

Samuel Webb

Richard J. Rossi

Ralph B. Meyer

Michael C. Casper

Daniel J. Leahy

Paul Kieran

Bob Medcraft

Jeff Saltzman

Michelle Pleis

Eric D. Howell

Jose Araujo

Gary Burritt

Shari Nicotero

Diane Marshall

Phil Chong

Dee Dee Wehle

Carl Ciarfalio

Fernando Altschul

Matthew Magrattan

J.J. George

Louis Shaw Milito

Charlie Ajar Jr.

Bob McNabb

Roseanne Fiedler

Jake Crawford

Elisa Cohen

Lisa Bradley

Norval D. Crutcher III

Dana Kay Hart

Don Nemitz

Dan Perri

Mike Allred

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Mallrats

Gramercy Pictures

Alphaville Films

View Askew Productions

United States of America

English

game show

slacker

shopping

mall

ex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend relationship

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coke

bandleader

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Only the second time seeing this (last was probably in the early 2000s on DVD) and thought it was okay but guess like others, this has grown on me. Laughed throughout even when the dialogue wasn't the greatest, but I have an appreciation for sarcasm so I gravitated towards Jason Lee's character the most. Not quite sure it's on the level of Clerks or Chasing Amy (have to re-visit those) but a solid comedy. **3.75/5**

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A comedy full of absurd jokes, which could work better if they weren't so aimed at niche audiences that most people don't really belong to.**

From the same hand that gave us “Clerks” (director and screenwriter Kevin Smith) came this bizarre comedy, centered on two teenagers who have just lost their girlfriends. It is already known that we are going to see a film that is, to say the least, unorthodox and full of light-hearted jokes, allusions to pop culture and elements that would be easy to identify for the youth of the time.

Maybe that's why the humor hardly works clearly: I could still understand most of the jokes minimally but, for example, I don't know anything about comics and all the jokes about that are unintelligible to me. I believe the same thing happens to a lot of people: we are not part of the target audience and the feeling is that of a somewhat dated, niche film that has not aged very well.

The script has its moments: there are several conflicting plots, some of which (the boy obsessed with a painting where everyone sees a sailboat, for example) are very stupid and seem out of context. In fact, there seems to be no possible context for them! The same cannot be said about the main plots of the two couples at odds. We can say that they are absurd, but this is normal in the case of a movie that uses absurdity for a jocular purpose. For the rest, and even considering that I've seen better, it's not a film that I can say I hated seeing, although I don't intend to see it again.

Claire Forlani, very young and beautiful, plays her role with panache alongside Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty and Jason Lee, three young promises who would not have a bright future as actors, even though they remain active and working. It's fair to say that everyone made their own effort and left a positive mark, but it's not fair to forget Stan Lee's contribution, in a very honorable special appearance, and the work developed by Ben Affleck, Michael Rooker, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith. It's one of those films where the auxiliary cast has almost as much weight and relevance to the final product as the four protagonists. In fact, a large part of what makes the film work after so many years is, precisely, the quality of the characters and the way they manage to please us.

Mallrats( 1995)

They're not there to shop. They're not there to work. They're just there.

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A review by JPV852

Written by JPV852 on Sat Nov 07 2020

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