Be Kind Rewind (2007)

Directed by

Michel Gondry

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 1,492 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A VHS rental store employee and his friend accidentally erase all the tapes in the store. They decide to remake the movies themselves to keep the business running while the owner is away.

quirkylightheartedwhimsicalinventiveplayfulnostalgiclow-stakeswarm

What happens

Be Kind Rewind is a 2008 buddy comedy film written and directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, and Melonie Diaz with supporting roles done by Chandler Parker, Irv Gooch, Arjay Smith, Marcus Carl Franklin, Blake Hightower, and Amir Ali Said. It tells the story of an employee at the titular VHS rental store and his conspiracy theorist friend, who work to recreate the rental store's film inventory after they were accidentally erased when the latter got himself magnetized while the proprietor was away. The film first appeared on January 20, 2008, at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It was later shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film opened on February 22, 2008, in the United Kingdom and in North America. The title is inspired by a phrase that was commonly displayed on video rental cassettes in America during the medium's heyday. The film was met with mixed reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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