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Movie Info


Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

February 22, 2008 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Michel Gondry

Starring :

Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Melonie Diaz, Mia Farrow, Chandler Parker, P.J. Byrne, Marcus Carl Franklin, Quinton Aaron, Dennis Albanese, Sigourney Weaver

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  2 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 5

“..embrace[s] both the joy and the sheer lunacy of people making their own versions of popular movies..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
3 of 4

“..Be Kind Rewind is slight and wacky..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3 of 4

“..A surprisingly sweet comedy..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
3 of 4

“..a feel-good film with a gentle comic spirit, a sweet affection for its gallery of silly characters and a sincere love for the process of moviemaking..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
Review rate : B+

“.."Be Kind Rewind" mines treasure from the trash of blockbuster cinema..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
Reviewed by Carina Chocano [LA Times]

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posted by Vzeyznrc on Jul 15, 2009

funny concept, but didn't work right. i wish they had chosen better movies to remake, ones that would've been funnier to see.

posted by rdog on Oct 17, 2009
 
 

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