| | | They're Not There to Shop. They're Not There to Work. They're Just There.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, French, Dolby, Digital Audio
From Kevin Smith, the acclaimed director of Clerks, comes this outrageous story of two loafers, Jeremy London (The Babysitter) and Jason Lee (Kissing a Fool), who spend way too much time hanging out at the mall. When Brodie (Lee) is dumped by his girlfriend, Shannen Doherty (Heathers, Girls Just Want to Have Fun), he retreats to the mall with his best friend T.S. (London), whose girlfriend has also left him. Between brooding and visits to the food court, the undermotivated twosome decide to win their girlfriends back with the help of the ultimate delinquents, Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) and Jay (Jason Mewes), whose continuing adventures take the word "nuisance" to a whole new level.
"...a surprisingly clever and hilariously bizarre take on the Gen-X teen experience...fun to watch." Christine James, Box Office Magazine
"...[an] infectious series of comic vignettes, toilet humor, practical jokes, sight gags...and a lot of laughs." Hal Hinson, The Washington Post
"...a broad range of effective comedy..." James Berardinelli's ReelViews
"Smith finesses the sophomore jinx with sophomoric high jinks." Richard Corliss, Time
"The slapstick would put Curly and Moe to shame. The raunch is crude as often as it is clever." USA Today
Editor's Note
When a couple of well-meaning slackers, T.S. (Jeremy London) and Brodie (Jason Lee), lose their girlfriends, they set about trying to reclaim their pride (and their ladies) in the most obvious of places--the mall. Once there, the pair push the limits of decency and mall etiquette, encountering an array of mall denizens, including Jay and Silent Bob from CLERKS and legendary comic book creator Stan Lee. A surprising number of misadventures ensue, bringing the boys the possibility of regaining their lady loves.
Plot Summary
Director Kevin Smith's sophomore effort is bigger and more farcical than CLERKS, but, at its center, remains the story of two guys who know a lot about STAR WARS and comic books and all-too-little about women. T.S. (Jeremy London) has just been dumped by girlfriend Brandi (Claire Forlani), while Brodie has finally played too many games of Sega hockey for Rene (Shannen Doherty). The boys go to the mall to console themselves around establishments such as Burning Flesh tanning salon, Rug Munchers carpet outlet, and Buy Me Toys, but they can't seem to stay out of trouble. Their misadventures finally come to focus around Brandi's involvement in a DATING GAME-like show being taped in the mall. While trying to win back their respective girlfriends, the duo manage to do quite a bit of damage with the aid of Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), who have even less to do on a Saturday in suburban New Jersey than T.S. and Brodie. Smith's ability to evoke the settings of his youth is as sharp and unerring as ever, while most of the ensemble delights in chewing the scenery--especially Michael Rooker as Brandi's game-show producer father and Ben Affleck as a slacker-hating thug.
| Features | A Brief Q&A With Kevin Smith | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Cast Interviews From Original Set | | Dubbed: French | | Feature Audio Commentary With Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier & Vincent Pereira | | Featurettes: View Askew's Look Back At Mallrats - Writer/Director Kevin Smith, Producers Scott Mosier & Cast Members Jason Lee, Jason Mewes & Ben Affleck Look Back On The Making Of The Film, Mallrats - The Reunion - Cast & Filmmakers Answer Audience Questions At A Screening Of Mallrats, & The Erection Of An Epic - The Making Of Mallrats - The Outrageous Insider's Look At The Creation Of A Cult Classic | | Interactive Menus | | Music Video: Build Me Up Buttercup By The Goops, Directed By Kevin Smith | | Outtakes | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 6/26/2007 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 61032944 | | UPC: 00025193294425 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...[Lee makes] an impressively charming acting debut..." -- Rating: B 11/03/1995 pp.44-5Variety
"...It's a picture with an innate charm and honesty....MALLRATS is effortlessly engaging in its totally unselfconscious manner and humor..." 10/16/1995 ReelViews 7 of 10
"As promised, Jay and Silent Bob are back. The quirky duo who hung around in the background of Kevin Smith's 1994 debut feature, Clerks, have returned to the screen for the followup, Mallrats, the middle picture of the so-called ""New Jersey Trilogy""...In many ways, this new movie is a less original, not-as-funny, full color redressing of Clerks. Despite a broad range of effective comedy and a decent laugh-per-minute ratio, Mallrats is likely to be a moderate disappointment for anyone who guffawed their way through the previous film...Recently, [the ""sophomore jinx""] has hit the likes of Allison Anders, Robert Rodriguez, and now Kevin Smith. Smith freely admits that he toned down the script and broadened the comedy in a quest for wider appeal, and allows that Mallrats is a far less ""cerebral"" film than Clerks. However, he promises that his next two features...will be grittier and wittier. Time, of course, will tell, but as long as Jay and Silent Bob are around, future efforts can't be all that bad -- or, for that matter, all that deep." - James Berardinelli
Variety 8 of 10
"After a savage, satiric assault on convenience store culture in ""Clerks,"" writer-director Kevin Smith takes aim at hangin' at the shopping arcade in ""Mallrats."" While admittedly ragged and ribald, it's a picture with an innate charm and honesty that should win over audiences...The filmmaker wastes no time at setting the tone, assailing the audience with crude tales of cats and the retelling of a bizarre swimming pool death. For the uninitiated, it will be difficult to ascertain how serious to take these moments or the frank, graphic language employed...Smith has obvious affection for his ""Mallrats,"" who, as one nasty character comments, ""have no shopping motivation."" The ensemble cast is uniformly excellent, including such usually overdrawn youth movie miscreants as adults and heavies...""Mallrats"" is effortlessly engaging in its totally unself-conscious manner and humor. It truly remains nonjudgmental, placing the people and circumstances in our faces and offering them refreshingly at face value." - Leonard Klady
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