2008 · comedy · drama
Be Kind Rewind
Directed by Michel Gondry1h 42m2008
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Our read: Be Kind Rewind (2008) reads as a warm, steady, inventive comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, steady, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
Watching Be Kind Rewind tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Be Kind Rewind feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want handmade, community-spirit comedy celebrating movies as joyful nonsense.”
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Discussion
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