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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794043121470
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: New Line Cinema
Manufacturer: New Line Cinema
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Cinema
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 3793
Studio: New Line Cinema
Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 2008
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Music-video-director-turned-auteur Michel Gondry continues to charm with his low-tech offering BE KIND REWIND. Set in dreary Passaic New Jersey the comedy centers on two of the town's residents: trouble-making Jerry (Jack Black) and well-meaning Mike (Mos Def). Mike works in a video store in an age where the VHS is long dead but the store's owner Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) doesn't seem to be in any hurry to change. When Mr. Fletcher leaves town for a trip he entrusts his store to Mike with one piece of advice: don't let Jerry in the store. But after some mischief Jerry returns to the store in a strange state. Not only is he weirder than usual but he's also magnetized which causes the entire store's stock to be erased. In order to keep the struggling business afloat Mike and Jerry begin remaking the films in the store one by one. Their hilariously low-budget versions of films such as GHOSTBUSTERS and RUSH HOUR 2 soon begin to draw attention and business to the store but that creates a whole new set of problems for the pair. Though Gondry's three previous fiction films--HUMAN NATURE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP--were all essentially love stories BE KIND REWIND captures another kind of romance. Both the writer-director and his characters are in love with the cinematic medium itself and their devotion shows. BE KIND REWIND doesn't reach the heights of ETERNAL SUNSHINE but it doesn't seem to be aiming for that genius. This is simply a hilarious comedy fun for film fans of all stripes which celebrates the sheer joy of watching and making films.System Requirements:Running Time: 101 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/BUDDY FILMS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 794043121470 Manufacturer No: 1000038873
Amazon.com:
A daffy, adorable, and very funny celebration of DIY spirit, Be Kind Rewind stars Mos Def (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) as Mike, a clerk at a failing video store in a rundown New Jersey neighborhood. When his friend Jerry (Jack Black), who's been magnetized in a power station accident, wipes all of the videotapes blank, the two of them decide to recreate the movies themselves rather than face the store's owner (Danny Glover). The pure charm of Be Kind Rewind can't be captured in that spare plot synopsis. The blend of the movie's great cast (which also includes Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz of American Son, and Sigourney Weaver) and pitch-perfect writing and direction from writer-director Michel Gondry (director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, writer-director of The Science of Sleep) culminates in a truly delightful movie--sweet without being saccharine, richly comic without irony or sarcasm (which, given the presence of Black, is surprising), sentimental without losing sight of the hard edges of life. Mos Def turns in a standout performance, deeply sympathetic without a moment of grandstanding. An absolutely winning film. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I liked it...
When I saw this movie I thought It was about them being just funny, recreating blockbuster movies like "Ghostbusters" and "Robocop" just to name a few of the movies that they reshooted. As the movie got in to the deeper story of the film I was moved by the whole town standing together we don't see that in this big cities anymore. Deeper meaning than comedy...
Rating:  - Not what I expected
While sometimes not meeting prior expectations yields a real diamond in the rough; with Be Kind Rewind, it's more like finding a dollar on the sidewalk. It's nice but it won't do much for you. The premise is interesting but there are simply too many plot holes to make it seem believeable and not enough laughs to make you not care. What you have is a slow moving "little" movie, cute at times, with good intentions and a good turn by Mos Def, but not much else. There are some humorous moments in the ... Read More
Rating:  - It was OK.
This movie was cute. It had some good humor, especially when Jack Black gets 'magnetized.' But I kinda got bored.
It was a simple plot- man has video store that will be torn down if he doesn't come up with enough money. While he's away, he leaves the store in Mos Def's care and after Jack Black's been magnetized he erases all the tapes, therefore the two film their version of each movie that's on the shelves, customers are demanding more of these movies because they're so much better than ... Read More
Rating: - An incoherent and implausible plot, only a few laughs scattered throughout
I rented this on Blu-Ray, which part of me found slightly amusing since the subject matter is about a video rental store still stocking nothing but VHS, struggling with the transition to DVD. That's just one of many things in this movie that seem so incredibly improbable -- is there a single person in the Western World who cannot afford $30 for a DVD player at Wal-Mart, and must therefore keep renting VHS tapes from their corner store?
The plot of this film is ridiculous and it's impossible ... Read More
Rating: - Not too funny, but heartwarming
I watched the movie just hoping it would be entertaining and I would get a few chuckles. What I got was just that and a little more. What I was not expecting was a movie that had alot of heart in it and made by people who care alot about people. Being a person that loves films, I thought it was a great that the people in the movie loved the films for what they were and saw the creativity in what Jack Black and Mos Def were doing. That was the point that stuck with me the most in this movie. Don't expect this ... Read More
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