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| A comic book-styled poster for Kevin Smith's Mallrats |
We follow a pair of dudes who hang out at the mall, while both of them attempt to avoid losing their girlfriends.
Mallrats is written and directed by Kevin Smith (Clerks (1994)). It is the second film in Smith's View Askewniverse fictional universe, after Clerks, with a plot that takes place a day before the one in Clerks.
It is a study in the 1990s perception that history had ended, and that the time of great narratives had past. How so? Mallrats wallows in irony and sarcasm, snide remarks and shamelessly pubic 'dude sexism'. The girls show breasts and/or are sex objects. The need for real narrative, themes or meanings are intentionally left blank.
Shannen Doherty (Charmed (1998-01)) is best in the cast, and the Keystone Kops-like subplot about Jay and Silent Bob and La Rouge the mall security guard is not without its charm.
High art or just a good movie Mallrats isn't, but it is youthfully exuberant, has its share of good lines (often in dialog about next to nothing), and is an entertaining ode to the American mall in a way.
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Watch a trailer for the movie here
Cost: 6.1 mil. $
Box office: 2.1 mil. $ (North America only)
= Mega-flop (projected return of 0.40 times the cost)
[Mallrats was released 20 October (North America) and runs 94 minutes. Shooting took place from March - April 1995 in California, including in Los Angeles, New Jersey and in Minnesota, including in Minneapolis. The film opened #13 to a 1.1 mil. $ first weekend in North America, declining from there for a 2.1 mil. $ final domestic gross. It was only released in a handful of other markets for a projected 2.5 mil. $ final gross. Roger Ebert gave it a 1.5/4 star review, translating to 2 notches under this one. Smith returned with Chasing Amy (1997). Mallrats is rotten at 57 % with a 5.60/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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