Who loves Jack Black? Everyone. Who loves “Nacho Libre” and “School of Rock?” Everyone. Who loves “Be Kind Rewind?” Some. Maybe.
How could you go wrong with a movie starring Jack Black as Jerry Gerber, a neighborhood slacker who accidentally erases all the VHS tapes at Elroy Fletcher’s (Danny Glover) movie rental store while it’s under the watch of his friend Mike (Mos Def). Fletcher’s friend, Miss Falewicz (Mia Farrow). tries to rent a movie and the pair replace it with their own home-made adaptation. Their version is so bad it’s good and the nascent filmmakers find themselves remaking all the store’s inventory by popular demand.
With an intriguing story line and some serious actors (yeah, even Mos Def in this case) one would expect a blow up success. Instead “Be Kind Rewind” just launches then quickly lands with a thud. (102 min.)
Rated PG-13, 2008
Directed by:
Michel Gondry
Starring:
Jack Black
Mos Def
Danny Glover
Mia Farrow
Melonie Diaz
Irv Gooch
Chandler Parker
Arjay Smith
Quinton Aaron
Gio Perez
Basia Rosas
Tomaz Soltys
Marcus Carl Franklin
Blake Hightower
Amir Ali Said
Writer:
Michel Gondry
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