Movie 137: Be Kind Rewind

When he becomes magnetised trying to destroy a power plant, Jerry (Jack Black) accidentally wipes every tape in Mr Fletcher’s (Danny Glover) store. Mr Fletcher is away, so Jerry and Mike (Mos Def) hit upon the idea of remaking the movies themselves to get out of trouble. These “Sweded” movies are a massive hit, so they keep making more

I don’t know exactly what it is, but this film is lacking in something. Its good, its funny (particularly the sweding) and its for the most part well acted. The one weak link in the acting is Mos Def who sounds likes he’s had a stroke or something most of the time, but even that doesn’t really ruin the movie.

Guess its some jena se qua.

So its not brilliant, but its is decent and worth watching. Though the ending is fairly ambiguous.

I’ve already commented on whats up with Mos Def. It seems to be a character choice as he doesn’t always talk in a mumbly style, but maybe he just needs to put in a lot of effort to enunciate.

Jack Black is perfect for this kind of movie. He gets to be flamboyant and daft and hits whenever he is on screen. He’s the defacto star of the sweded movies, and with good reason.

And Danny Glover shines well too as the old guy who owns the store and struggles to keep up with the times.

I’d give this a look, but like I said its missing something. And you could always just have a look on You Tube for the various sweded movies that people made around the time of release as some of them could be good.

Next up: Horton Hears A Who