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Be Kind Rewind (2008) -- A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   37,856 votes
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Director:
Michel Gondry
Writer:
Michel Gondry (written by)
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Release Date:
22 February 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
You name it, we shoot it more
Plot:
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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(82 articles)
Trailer Premiere: "I'll Come Running"
 (From IFC. 4 November 2009, 11:08 AM, PST)
10 Most Underrated Young Actresses
 (From The Movie Fanatic. 22 October 2009, 1:48 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
The Purple Rose of Passaic more (208 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sat. Nov. 287:15 AMMAX   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Black ... Jerry Gerber

Mos Def ... Mike

Danny Glover ... Elroy Fletcher

Mia Farrow ... Miss Falewicz

Melonie Diaz ... Alma
Irv Gooch ... Wilson

Chandler Parker ... Craig

Arjay Smith ... Manny

Quinton Aaron ... Q

Gio Perez ... Randy
Basia Rosas ... Andrea
Tomasz Soltys ... Carl

Marcus Carl Franklin ... Kid #1
Blake Hightower ... Kid #2

Amir Ali Said ... Kid #3
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual references. (also video version)
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
102 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43318) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | Canada:G (Québec) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Norway:7 | Denmark:A | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-3 | Greece:K | Netherlands:AL | USA:PG-13 | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | France:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | New Zealand:M | Brazil:Livre
Filming Locations:
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA more
Company:
New Line Cinema more

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Trivia:
Michel Gondry was inspired to make this film after making Block Party (2005) which took place on one city block. Dave Chappelle was interested in playing Mike and came up with ideas of remaking Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Boyz n the Hood (1991). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The type of movies they were making would definitely have fallen under the "parody" exception of United States copyright law. more
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Jerry: [sung, poorly, to the tune of the Ghostbusters theme song] When you're walkin' down the street...
Jerry: [singing] ... and you see a little ghost...
Jerry: [singing] ... whatcha gonna do about -
[more out of tune]
Jerry: Ghostbusters?
Mike: What? What is that?
Jerry: That's the Ghostbusters theme song.
Mike: No.
Jerry: I'm pretty sure it is.
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Movie Connections:
References Heart Condition (1990) more
Soundtrack:
Ghostbusters more

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47 out of 75 people found the following comment useful.
The Purple Rose of Passaic, 2 March 2008
8/10
Author: Aluísio Parondi (nem.freud.explica@gmail.com) from Winooski, Vermont, USA

Michel Gondry's new film is NO "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", but it's better than "The Science of Sleep" and doesn't deserve the negative reviews it's been getting. Without Charlie Kaufman writing, Gondry's script might be a little less original, but his visual creativity (no one else knows how to make art out of cardboard boxes like him!) and passion for his story makes "Be Kind Rewind" some kind of special.

Mos Def and Jack Black work at Danny Glover's video store and, after Black gets "magnetized", he unintentionally turns every tape in the store blank. They have the brilliant idea of remaking the customers' favorite movies (from "Driving Miss Daisy" to "Last Tango in Paris"), and they suddenly become the local sensation. Some moments are very funny, others not so much, but this is not supposed to be a Farrelly Bros. kind of flick. With a simple but very compelling idea, Gondry created a story about people's love for movies, the sense of community, the compulsion for memories, the oblivion of old-time artists (the Fats Waller subplot) and old-fashioned technology (should Glover finally adhere to DVDs?). Gondry said in an interview: "I am not against modern things. I use technology, but what I am against is when the technology creates a system that makes you believe you need to use it". I couldn't agree more. By the end, even though not being a masterpiece like "Eternal Sunshine", "Be Kind Rewind" leaves you with the bittersweet feeling of other movies about our love for film-making, more notably "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (by the way, Mia Farrow plays the video store's most loyal customer) and "Cinema Paradiso". Definitely worth seeing. 8/10.

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