Kevin Smith Week: ‘Mallrats’

In a world where Brandi Svenning was destined to get married when Jaws pops out of the water to that guy that looks alot like the guy from ‘Dazed and Confused’, you find something sort of peaceful about running around a mall all day.

Kevin Smith followed up ‘Clerks’ with what some people consider to be one of his worst films, but this is for me essential Kevin Smith. ‘Mallrats’ brought the View Askewniverse into the mainstream spotlight and furthered what ‘Clerks’ set into motion.

In 1995 when the movie came out, I thought it was the best comedy I had ever seen, and made me realize just how important these movies were going to be, and what Kevin would eventually become. The thing about Kevin Smith movies, you either love them or hate them and there is no in between. This movie is a perfect example of it. It currently sits at 50% on rotten tomatoes, but don’t let that sway you from seeing this classic, as most of the people on rotten tomatoes just suck and their opinions shouldn’t matter.