Mallrats
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #2
7/10. I have finally completed seeing the five movies in he Jay and Silent
Bob series by Kevin Smith. Jersey Girl obviously doesn't count. And,
much like Jackie Brown completed my Tarantino films and was about
third in my list of favorites of his movie, Mallrats is the same.
Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back are much funnier than
Mallrats, but it's better than Chasing Amy (a romantic comedy with
no laughs?) and Dogma (unfunny and insulting-and I'm Jewish). So
Mallrats falls right into the middle. It's not anything
groundbreaking, but there's worse ways to spend 90 minutes.
T.S. (Jeremy London) and Brodie (Jason Lee) have both just been
dumped by their girlfriends on the same morning. They decide to take
refuge in the local mall, where various wacky events occur.
I've found that all Kevin Smith movies are hit or miss, and this one
does both. Unlike the other four, Mallrats has some good, very funny
moments, but for the most part, I wasn't laughing. I knew this
wouldn't be as outrageous as his first and last films, but I was
thinking some good solid laughs would come about throughout the
movie. A couple chuckles here and there, but not much. On the
contrary, the movie was constantly entertaining and fun to watch. I
think that's what some comedy is about: entertainment more than
laughs. You can relate to all the characters in one way or another.
They feel almost like they're your friends. So it's basically a
movie where you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy it.
There are some great scenes (as to be expected from all Smith
movies) here, including Willam (Ethan Suplee) trying to see a magic
picture, Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Smith in thankfully
large roles) trying to destroy a stage in the mall, and a topless
fortune teller (Priscilla Barnes). They're all funny. The acting in
this film is surprisingly good, considering this is basically a
stoner comedy. Jason Lee steals the show-again. He was basically the
only good part of Dogma and saved Chasing Amy. And he's great here,
too. Some of the other characters aren't really developed, but it
doesn't really matter. It's just an entertaining movie overall, no
more, no less.
Rated R for strong language, including sexual dialogue, and for some
scenes of sexuality and drug content.
Running time: ? minutes
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