Review of Be Kind Rewind (2008) by Erik G — 25 Jan 2012
You name a movie you want to rent, your local video rental will shoot it for you. It's 'Be Kind Rewind', videos a la carte. Junkyard worker Jerry (Jack Black) sabotages a power plant, becomes magnetized, and accidentally destroys all of the movies in his friend's store.
In order to save the business and to keep the store's one loyal customer - an elderly lady with a tenuous grasp on reality - Jerry and Mike (Mos Def) do fun reenactments of films including 'The Lion King', 'Rush Hour 2', 'Ghostbusters', 'Driving Miss Daisy', and 'Robocop', putting themselves and their townspeople into it.
They become the biggest stars in their neighborhood. I find 'Be Kind Rewind' funny and great, and even in the current age of DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, movies can still be recorded on videotapes.
A representation of big-name movie reenactments by amateur filmmakers, this is entertaining to watch. And oh yeah, I would like to have my favorite movies "Sweded" - in other words, remade but created by fans.
This review of Be Kind Rewind (2008) was written by Erik G on 25 Jan 2012.
Be Kind Rewind has generally received mixed reviews.
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