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Directed By
Kevin Smith
Written By:
Kevin Smith
Cast:
Priscilla Barnes, Shannen Doherty, Jason Lee, Claire Forlani, Michael Rooker, Renee Humphrey, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Mewes, Brian O'Halloran, Kevin Smith, Jeremy London, Stan Lee, Art James, David Brinkley
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Mallrats (1995)
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Movie Review by Zara 
January 26th, 2007
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Screw the naysayers
You know, Smith really doesn't get enough credit for this film. His sophomore outing after gaining a huge following with the bargain basement budgeted CLERKS, he was given a larger budget and decided to have a little fun with it. For the extra dollars we get color picture, flashier looking backdrops and some original soundtrack material.
We also get the addition of what has made subsequent Smith films good: Jason Lee. As Brody, the unrepentently crude and outspoken video game lover who has a "nice size"d penis, Lee catapulted his online persona. The script gives him some of the best lines ever uttered in any of the Smith films and allows him to chew up the scenery in typical skater-boy style. For those not in the know, Lee was a professional skateboarder before signing on to acting in this flick. With his perfect comedic timing and flare for punctuating words within phrases just so, you can help but love one of the most unloveable characters introduced in movies.
We also get to see Ben Affleck in a role that he should look into getting more of. Somewhere along the line (again, I blame ARMAGEDDON), Ben was convinced that he would be a good leading man. He hasn't been able to successfully pull it off thus far. However, he is fabulously suited for playing the a**hole. As Shannon Hamilton he does this just right.
The movie also features my beloved Shannen Doherty and one of my favorite speeches ever given in film:
"I've always taken you with a grain of salt. On your birthday, when you told me to do a striptease to the theme of "Mighty Mouse", I said okay. On prom night at the hotel when you told me to sleep under the bed in case your mother burst in, I did it. And even during my grandmother's funeral when you told my relatives that you could see her nipples through her burial dress, I let that slide. But if you think I'm gonna suffer any of your sh*t with a smile now that we're broken up, you're in for some serious f*cking disappointment."
So for all of those a**holes out there in this world who put down this movie, I have 2 words: JERSEY GIRL.
Now give the film the props it rightfully deserves.
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 | Movie Addict
Mar 27, 2007 3:44 PM
also wrote a review of Mallrats 
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| Caught this today. I loved that speech, but I really got off on their discussion of whether Lois Lane could get pregant by Superman. You didn't mention Claire Forlani. I've mbeen in love with her since Meet Joe Black. |
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