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90Sophomoric silliness.
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The movie is a piece of junk...However, it's also immensely likable and hysterically, irreverently funny.
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70The humor is gross-out but inoffensive, since it's rooted in whimsy, not malice. Smith finesses the sophomore jinx with sophomoric high jinks. [6 Nov 1995]
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70While admittedly ragged and ribald, it's a picture with an innate charm and honesty that should win over audiences.
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63The slapstick would put Curly and Moe to shame. The raunch is crude as often as it is clever.
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63There are several painfully awkward "dead spots" in Mallrats where nothing works -- not the dialogue, the acting, or the direction.
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60Mallrats mixes clever bits and an appealing quirkiness (which goes a long way) with gross-out practical jokes, needless repetition and obvious padding, since it has no real plot. [20 Oct 1995]
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50Strains through buckets of verbiage and muddled plot to seize only a few dopey laughs.
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While Smith's testosterone-loaded humor is a taste I have yet to acquire, his choices of a comic book-inspired credit sequence, the guest appearance of Marvel Comics genius Stan Lee, and the film's overall superhero aesthetic perfectly capture the mall mise-en-scene.
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50I'm guessing even die-hard "Clerks" fans will find this only-in-America stuff only partially satisfying, like something they gorged on at the Eatery, then wished they hadn't.
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A hopelessly stupid movie that should appeal to baked couch potatoes everywhere.
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40Smith brazenly ignores plot conventions and concentrates on an apparently endless stream of crude and occasionally clever one-liners.
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40As an "Animal House" romp about consumer slackers in a New Jersey mall, it's harmless enough--just don't expect any sort of edge. Smith has left the working class to become just as boring as everybody else.
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38"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.
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38Talky, crude and sexist, Mallrats is significantly less funny, a flatulent sequel to the director's small start.
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25Serves up horrendous lead acting, murky cinematography, bland atmosphere, unengaging romance, mug-crazy cameo performances, bash-on-the-head satire and ill-timed slapstick gags that look like outtakes from a Bozo the Clown show gone berserk. [20 Oct 1995]
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25A complete misfire.
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10A numbing and dispiriting experience aimed at the least discriminating parts of the teen-age audience.
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