The PAGE 7 Rider News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3

it is somewhat unfair for me [0 base my •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• opinion on the basis of Smith's precious offering. You might be asking, isn't there some possibility that Mallrats can • • • • • • • • • he an amusing source of entertainment in and of itself? In all honesty. it really isn't worth your time. Besides the aforementioned faCt that the real laughs are few and far between. I was a bit put off by the • • • • • • • • • posse of twelve year-old aspiring slack­ ers leaving the theater before r entered, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• triumphantly waving their arms in the air over the end of message in the cred­ know then, I suppose I shouJd have for in aJl honesty, it was one of the few its that will return kept my mouth shut on that last part. parts of the film that elicited an honest in Smith's next feature entitled Chasing Mallrats features actors and laugh from this movie goer. Amy. Jeremy London (of Parcy of Five fame) Yes, I'm somewhat distressed to Since when did slacking cease to be as two members of the slacker corps admit that overall, Mallrats paled in the exclusive. albeit embarrassing, who are dumped by their girlfriends on comparison to its cheesey but loveable property of the twentysomething the same day. So what do these heroes predecessor. Perhaps it was due to the crowd? Could these grungy totS even of the flannel do in order to cope with fact that Smith is not director enough have appreciated half of the references their angst? They head to the mall, to deal with the millions he had at his Smith makes in his films? I don't think which. I suppose. is supposed to repre­ disposal for this film's production, but so. Finally, I'd like to leave you with By Neil Romanosky sent some sort of Gen X Mecca. What the jokes in this film lacked some of emues is a day fuJI of whining, wooing. the rapid-fire delivery and punch that this thought: you know a movie might You might recall that a few weeks and intrigue as the two attempt to win was so much a part of ' charm. lack that certain something when said back, I gave what I considered to be a back their respective mates, one of I also believe that the chemistry movie is directed by a Jersey boy. takes sterling review of Clerks, the break­ whom is played by ShaDnen Doherty. between the two male leads in Mallrats place in Jersey itself, yet is filmed in a through film by North Jersey director One of the film's more amusing simply didn't hold any of the magic maU in Minnesota. Sorry. but it's a bit . I simply couldn't find subplots deals with the wacky attempts that was inherent in the the loveable hard for me to believe that in the land enough good things to say about the ofJay and Silent Bob, whom you may friction between Dante and Randall. of maUs, an adequate one could not be film's ingenuity and wit, and I distinct­ remember from Clerks, to sabotage a Smith's writing was true to form, but in found. AJas, the sorry effects of com­ ly remember telling you to keep an eye sort of Dating Game that is to take a strange way, it just didn't have the mercial sell-out. out for Mallrats, Smith's current place in the mall on that day. Be sure to same effect in the realm of color by release. get back form the bathroom on time Deluxe. Well, knowing now what I did not for the topless fonune teller sequence, You might be saying to yourself that Halloween psychotherapy helps werewolf

used to be SO easy, know what I mean?

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