'Mallrats' (1995) was Kevin Smith's ('Clerks' [1994]) second feature and first Hollywood movie. Before this, his idea of a big budget film was $30,000 movie with the help of friends and local actors. The budget for this movie was now $6,000,000 and had a much larger crew and professional actors. The film was released in October of 1995 and met with both critical and box office failure, only boxing 2,000,000. The movie, however found success on home video and has since become a cult classic.
The film's main problem is that Kevin Smith, famous for making movies different from the mainstream comedies, tries to hard to make a normal comedy. He rich dialog is wasted on un-lovable characters with a weak plot.
The film's main problem is that Kevin Smith, famous for making movies different from the mainstream comedies, tries to hard to make a normal comedy. He rich dialog is wasted on un-lovable characters with a weak plot.