This one had the distinction of being the only film in the series that I had not seen prior to today.

When it comes to running gags, hilarious one-liners, gratuitous Star Wars references, and, um... we shall say, "uniquely endowed" fortune tellers, this movie takes the cake.

As one might guess from the title, almost the entire movie (with the exception of the first 10 minutes) takes place at "the" shopping mall.

Although pretty much all of the actors were adults in their 20s, the movie seemed to have more of an adolescent slant to it. High school kids, the wayward youth of America, wandering around getting their kicks. For some of them, it was established through dialog that they were teenagers. The rest just acted like it.

Of the four, this one has the highest silliness quotient. It's also got the touching moments though, although I would say they fall more squarely in the typical feel-good movie fare.

If I were to summarize the theme of this movie, I would say it has something to do with the discombobulated life of the modern suburban teenager. Perhaps, if we were to put it in nature show style terms, "Let us observe in the wild as a flock of these compulsive, hormone-driven animals scamper about in their native habitat, a monument to the god of American shallowness and consumarism -- the mall."

How's that for a theme?