Amazon.com video review:
Sophomore jinx hit hard in this second film by Kevin Smith,
whose debut Clerks transcended
the limits of its setting and budget to become something memorably
funny. (Smith followed Mallrats with the wonderful Chasing Amy, so
Mallrats definitely had the old curse.) A ramshackle comedy set
in a mall, the film follows several story lines involving lovers,
enemies, friends, goofballs, and Smith's own "silent" character, who
also appeared in Clerks and Chasing Amy. A heavy
self-consciousness weighs on everything, as if Smith forgot how to
make obscenity funny instead of tedious. Still, it's nice to see some
of the director's film family on screen, among them Jason Lee and Joey
Lauren Adams. --Tom Keogh
