Mallrats: Critic Reviews

97%

MovieWeb: 4 reviews

54%

RottenTomatoes: 48 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

Full Review » 17 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

40

Mallrats 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.
Full Review » 9 years ago
USA Today (Top Critic)

63

Smith has slicked up his follow-up vision of Slackerville USA, but the outcome is nowhere near as brash and original.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Between the routines and retorts, there's a lot of narrative dead air -- and far too many new guests.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Hal Hinson Washington Post (Top Critic)

A disjointed but infectious series of comic vignettes, toilet humor, practical jokes, sight gags, even a sort of grunge variation on Keystone Kops slapstick.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

38

The fatal flaw in plotting the material is that we don't care.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 12 years ago
Leonard Klady Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

Full Review » 10 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

If the Sundance Institute or the AFI ever offers a course advising directors of successful first films what to avoid the second time around, Mallrats could be at the heart of the curriculum.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Alex Orner Common Sense Media

80

Typical Kevin Smith fare; not suitable for kids.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

80

Almost everyone has lively things to say, the topics usually centering on the Kevin Smith triumvirate of sex, comics, and movies.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

34

Ragged, messy, and flat, this is Kevin Smith's sophomore jinx; coming right after Clerks, it was a huge artistic and commercial flop
Full Review » 5 years ago
Film Threat

100

Full Review » 6 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
Bullz-Eye.com

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Scott Weinberg DVD Clinic

70

There must be a helluva lot of Mallrats fans out there, and I feel pretty confident in saying that they'll pretty much adore this new DVD edition.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan

20

How did Kevin Smith gain any fan base? This clunker made a bundle.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

60

Fun, but the least of Smith's Jay and Silent Bob films.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Kit Bowen Hollywood.com

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Dequina Movie Poop Shoot

25

Sophomoric silliness.
Full Review » 8 years ago