Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 126
Fresh: 82 | Rotten: 44
Slighter and less disciplined than Gondry's previous mind-benders.
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 15
Slighter and less disciplined than Gondry's previous mind-benders.
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When a bumbling movie lover becomes magnetized while attempting to sabotage a local power plant and accidentally erases all of the videotapes in the small video store where his best friend works, the pair attempt to keep the store's loyal customer base by remaking as many of the top-renting movies as possible. Mike (Mos Def) is an employee at Be Kind Rewind, a modest mom and pop video store that is owned by Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover). Mike's best friend Jerry (Jack Black) works in an auto
Feb 22, 2008 Wide
Jun 10, 2008
$11.0M
New Line Cinema
All Critics (128) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (85) | Rotten (45) | DVD (6)
It's hard to get too cranky about a movie that, at heart, is a tribute to the joy of making things with your friends.
Takes a clever concept and cobbles a weak story around it.
Long before the movie ends, it slips right off the sprockets.
Be Kind Rewind declares that the riches of cinema history touch each of us personally. Films become so deep a part of us that we own them that our memories of them, whether faithful or fanciful, become their meanings.
Thick stew of awful.
A celebration of the DIY aesthetic, and of the universal appeal of movies, Be Kind Rewind is a charmingly off-the-wall little tale.
What a foul junkyard of Quirk it is!
A glowing valentine to creativity in opposition to commerce.
Sua natureza auto-referencial transforma o filme numa grande homenagem ao próprio cinema.
Be Kind Rewind should gather dust on both DVD and VHS shelves.
Once the movie starts finding its focus it becomes a very unique experience
A surprisingly quiet and whimsical comedy about a ridiculous and unlikely series of events that turns into a nearly-as-likely miracle. Best bit: the film's own Sweded preview.
An ode to finding one's creative side and the joys of being able to share one's creations with others.
Nothing can save this overambitious enterprise embarked upon by a couple of idiots, full of sound and fury but ultimately signifying nothing.
Tackles the hackneyed with the tender hand and heart of writer/director Michel Gondry.
For Michel Gondry, [the film] becomes a kind of folk art spin on Hollywood gloss and a tribute to his own preferred style of filmmaking...
But with a skill that is difficult to pinpoint, Gondry seems to stumble like a fox from this paper-thin plot into a precious little ode to community.
Good-hearted and intelligent, Be Kind Rewind still lacks for the gravitas of The Science of Sleep.
A people's cinema rough cut heart so squarely in the right place over in Passaic as opposed to Hollywood, that it's pretty much hard to resist.
Director Michel Gondry delivers the first great film of 2008.
'Be Kind Rewind' is a whimsical adventure with genuine affection for its characters, but Gondry's story is essentially weightless, a fanciful flight in search of a raison d'etre.
This is Michel Gondry's delightful ode to handmade DIY craftsmanship at it's finest. The story concerns a bumbling goofball named Jerry who, after becoming magnetized in an unlikely way accidentally erases all the VHS tapes at a declining video store where his friend Mike works. To fix the situation, the two decide to
January 7, 2012Super Reviewer
Be Kind Rewind has a decent enough storyline but it's strength is the sweet subtext, it's heartfelt quirkiness and interesting indie stylings. And of course the belly laughs along the way and the obvious message that some forms of entertainment are sacred and as important as reality.
October 16, 2011
Super Reviewer
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