1995 · comedy
Mallrats
Directed by Kevin Smith1h 35m1995
Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant others and take care of their respective nemeses.
Our read: Mallrats (1995) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
- funny
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