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  • Be Kind Rewind
  • Opened February 22, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 41 min.
  • PG-13
    some sexual references
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 12+. Read More
  • Jerry (Jack Black), a junkyard worker, attempts to sabotage a power plant that he believes is melting his brain. But when his plan goes awry, the magnetic field that he creates accidentally erases all of the videotapes in a local video store where Read More
  • Cast: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz
  • Director: Michel Gondry
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy

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Be Kind Rewind Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Be Kind, Rewind

    I had low expectations. But this movie totally blew me away. The entire audience was laughing out loud and at the end many of them were clapping. One of the major reviews says it lacked credibility. Hahaha, well it certainly is not a movie that was made to be plausible or credible. It was a creative, unique and totally bizarre premise that should not have worked, but it did. Crazy as it sounds this movie has a huge heart and soul, is silly fun, uplifting and nutty.
    And then I find an entirely new form of entertainment, which will be a legend in our time... Sweded movies.
    I am still laughing. "I'd like Driving Miss Daisy Sweded please". Toooo Funny.
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  • Go

    Sweded...

    Be Kind Rewind is a movie full of fun. Mos Def is put in charge of a VHS rental store and is warned to keep Jerry (Jack Black) out because he wrecks everything he touches. Jerry is almost positive that the powerplant is sending out microwaves that control his brain and after a failed attempt to sabotage the powerplant, Jerry becomes magnetized. He then erases all the VHS tapes and they desperately try to make home movies of all the blockbuster hits. Their skits are hilarious and Jack Black steals the show as his typical energetic and silly self. Overall 3.5 out of 5 stars.

  • Oh No!

    so boring

    This was the worst Jack Black movie ever.

Be Kind Rewind Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    It's an exuberant, fanciful fable set amid the scruffy outskirts of American...

  • 70
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    The films of Michel Gondry aren't for everyone, but viewers who vibe to his...

  • 70
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    In its sweet, lackadaisical way, Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind illuminates the...

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    There's nothing not to like about the movie, a teensy, hand-crocheted trifle,...

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