Be Kind, Rewind (2008)

Michel Gondry kind of just appeared out of no where with a big hit like Eternal Sunshine For The Spotless Mind. I personally really liked that movie, i thought it was innovative, and brought something new and fresh to the way directors direct. Gondry's second film The Science of Sleep on the other hand, i thought was complete and utter shit. I thought it was an extremely pretentious movie with little to no plot. It did absolutely nothing for me. So queue my anticipation for this movie, which was actually pretty high. I have been wanting to see this movie for a little under a year when the trailer for released. I thought this movie looked phenomenal and the plot was something that i thought i would only see in dreams.

Be Kind, Rewind stars Jack Black as Jerry and Mos Def as Mike. It also co stars Danny Glover as Mr. Fletcher and Mia Farrow as Miss Falewicz . Basically the plot of this movie is a small business is a crappy NJ city that sells VHS tapes needs money to be renovated or they are getting kicked out into the projects. So Jerry and Mike have a plan after Jerry erases all the VHS tapes in the store that Mike works at and Mr. Fletcher owns. Jerry erased them because he got magnetized after being electrocuted. So they decide to shoot their own versions of their films and they call it "SWEDENIZNG' them. I wont say much more but that is the main plot of the movie, doesn't seem like much does it?

And that is my biggest problem with this movie, was that no matter how much i love that idea for a movie, i think the idea and plot is one of the best! Unfortunately it wasn't enough. There wasn't enough substance in this movie to make it that much better. There was a sub plot about a famous Jazz musician growing up in the building with the video store, but to me, it felt pointless and a waste of time. Fortunately, that is really the only negative stuff i have to say about this movie. Other then that, the rest was excellent. The story was real fun to watch and was real fun to see them remake some of my favorites like Ghostbusters. The dialog and acting were spot on. I like Jack Black and i forgot that Mos Def is actually a really good actor and it really shows in this film. This film had a lot of heart to it, and it was very funny in most of it. I can definitely recommend this movie to casual movie goers and the avid ones. If you can look past the sub par substance given in this movie and just enjoy a good movie, you will have a great time

7/10