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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794043121470
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: 3514
Studio: New Line Cinema
Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 2008
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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
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Rating:  - different from what i thought it would be
the trailer makes this movie look like a jake black free for all comedy.i am not a big fan of j. black but i was looking for a stupid movie to enjoy while a little drunk.i really enjoy mos def's character in 16 blocks so i was happy to see him in something different.my problem with this movie is that its actually a warm felt movie with a different plot and very moving performances.it was a good movie just different from what the trailer looks like
Rating: - A nice homage to filmmaking.
I got this film on Blu-ray and decided to review it. Be Kind Rewind was an unusual film directed by Michael Gondry, the French director who made a couple of music videos for artists like Bjork so he has a certain style and visual flair which he also uses in his films, he is very creative and talented and definitely has an eye for a great setup or a memorable scene. The film was about these workers in the local VHS rental store called Be Kind Rewind, one day the local weirdo Jerry played by Jack Black ... Read More
Rating:  - Sophomoric silliness
There's a time for improbable plots, dressing up in wild costumes, bad boy (but not too bad) pranks, and feel-good endings. This amusing flick suits those times.
Plot elements work together nicely. Although goofiness takes center stage through nearly the whole movie, a more serious plot provides background and contrast. It's the little guy up against the big bad system, under attack from every direction - including a hard-edged incursion by Sigourney Weaver, recycling her heartless Katharine ... Read More
Rating: - If only the entire movie had been sweded...
I had enormously high hopes for `Be Kind Rewind'; the premise, the actors, the whole concept behind this film just looked like prime comedic entertainment.Sadly, `Be Kind Rewind' doesn't deliver as solidly as it could, and should have.It has its moments, and they are great when they actually happen, but I found that the film tried too hard to deliver sentiment and in the end wound up sacrificing the comedy.
In other words; there are large segments of this film that are downright boring.
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Rating:  - Ok movie, but a crappy ending
Jack Black and whatshis face star in a movie about a small Harlem video store that hires out VHS videos only. Danny Glover plays the owner who goes away to check out competition and leaves whatshisname in charge. On his way out he tells him to not let Jack Blacks character into the store while he's gone cause he destroys everything he touches.
However whatshisname doesn't get the message clearly and lets Jack Black in. Jack has a crazy idea that nuclear power should be stopped and goes out to try ... Read More
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