Mallrats

1995 Comedy

Kevin Smith's follow-up to his unexpected hit Clerks details the pointless story of T.S. (Jeremy London) and Brodie (Jason Lee), two suburban New Jersey slackers who decide to head to the mall in search of solace after being dumped by their girlfriends (Shannon Doherty and Claire Forlani, respectively). There the two young men machinate to appear on a game show being staged and also manage to meet comic-book magnate Stan Lee. However, complications arise when the girls show up.

Director: Kevin Smith

Starring: Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Claire Forlani, Michael Rooker

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  • The slapstick would put Curly and Moe to shame. The raunch is crude as often as it is clever.

    Staff [Not Credited] - USA Today

    26 April 2013

  • Strains through buckets of verbiage and muddled plot to seize only a few dopey laughs.

    Peter Stack - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

  • A hopelessly stupid movie that should appeal to baked couch potatoes everywhere.

    - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • Smith brazenly ignores plot conventions and concentrates on an apparently endless stream of crude and occasionally clever one-liners.

    - TV Guide

    26 April 2013

  • "Clerks" spoke with the sure, clear voice of an original filmmaker. In Mallrats the voice is muffled, and we sense instead advice from the tired, the establishment, the timid and other familiar Hollywood executive types.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

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