Every Kevin Smith Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

6. Mallrats (1995)

If Clerks was the perfect portrait of depressive, soulless employment for the generational demographic Smith carved his fanbase out of, Mallrats was a picture of the same group at play. It was far more flawed than Smith's first movie - prompting a far more angry response from critics than the film actually deserves

There isn't as much inherent nastiness to Mallrats - which also prompted some sneaking suspicions of Smith having "sold out" - but it's more simply that the director starting directing before he had really learned his craft. He was a writer whose work was successful when confined to mostly one setting and the writing was the star: add in too many new elements and environments and it looks a little flabby.

But taking away the direct comparison to Clerks and it's still a good watch: the characters are great (Jason Lee's Brodie is genius) the script zings in places and it has developed a cult following for a reason.