Thin yet enticing.

How can a reviewer write about a movie that makes Dumb and Dumber seem like a Merchant-Ivory production?

Mallrats mixes clever bits and an appealing quirkiness (which goes a long way) with gross-out practical jokes, needless repetition and obvious padding, since it has no real plot.

...a rough-around-the-edges and fairly low-rent comedy that benefits substantially from its affable, easygoing sensibilities and raft of appealing performances...