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Name: Be Kind Rewind
Released: 2008-2-22
Cast: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Sigourney Weaver

Be Kind Rewind

PG-13
1h 41m
2008

64%

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Jack Black and Mos Def star in Be Kind Rewind, a one-of-a-kind comedy from the mind of writer/director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Black plays a loveable loser stuck in a life that's too small for his big dreams. But when he unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store's few loyal customers by re-creating and re-filming every movie they decide to rent.

Director:

Michel Gondry

Producer:

Michel Gondry, Georges Bermann, Julie Fong, Toby Emmerich, Guy Stodel

Writer:

Michel Gondry

Cast:

Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Sigourney Weaver

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: Slighter and less disciplined than Gondry's previous mind-benders.

Reviews

World Socialist Web Site

Joanne Laurier

In Be Kind Rewind, Gondry has tried to create an alternative to the reality that "everything has to be a business."

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Richard Crouse

Its Achilles heel is the difficulty Gondry has in switching from the magic realism back into the more earthbound aspects of the story. Still, the movie has a gentle, heartfelt vibe that is hard to resist, particularly if you're a movie fan.

It could work as a short film, but as a feature length comedy it runs dry relatively quickly.

A great narrative premise. [Full review in Spanish]

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