Rating 4.00/5.00
where 5 is a brilliant Vincent Gallo film
Michel Gondry made Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - an "art movie" starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. It was a wonderful film - a unique idea, good script and the chemistry that Carrey and Winslet shared on screen made it even more worthwhile (Gondry cast Jim Carrey in the role - I think that was a huge risk and he pulled it off). The best thing about the film though was this shot where Kate Winslet is sitting in a bus (or a train) - she's just sitting there looking ahead and I'm sitting in my tiny room in a poor third world country (that we're all so proud of) wearing boxer shorts and an old, torn vest.....looking at her. Stunned, mesmerised...reaching out for a pack of chips but statued midway. Goddess, that's what she is.
So with Be Kind Rewind, the first mistake that Gondry made was to not have Kate in the film. Forgive and forget, I said, and moved on past the casting. The film is unique (as expected) in its concept, its well acted, its funny and intelligent and dumb at the right places and the best thing about it is that it doesn't try to squeeze a tear out of your eye through the usual American route. Here's the story in a bad rhyme format -
Mos Def is an assistant at a VHS lending store
Jack Black is his friend and has theories which are a big bore
So one day Jack comes into the store all magnetised, I guess
and destroys (magnetises) all the movie tapes, putting Mos in a big turdy mess
So Mos and Jack, to avoid detection, start shooting movies people want to see
They do all the acting and make versions not more than 20 minutes long, c'est la vie
As expected, the "sweded" movies become a rage in the small town where they belong
Then the usual blah blah happens and overall all ends well, strike the gong! Strike the gong!
Good stuff I say. Watch it!
imdb link here
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