BE KIND REWIND

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I CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS FILM.

I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE, I DON'T THINK THE MASS AUDIENCE IS READY FOR THIS FILM. IT IS TOO UNIQUE, TOO CREATIVE, TOO IMAGINATIVE, TOO WONDERFUL FOR THE REAL WORLD.

THERE IS A QUOTE THAT SAYS -

MAYBE THEY WERE RIGHT TO PUT LOVE INTO BOOKS,
MAYBE IT COULD NOT EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE

THIS FILM IS LIKE THAT -- IT IS TOO GOOD FOR THE MASS AUDIENCE, I DON'T THINK IT WILL MAKE MUCH MONEY - BUT THOSE WHO SEE IT WILL LOVE IT, IF THEY CAN APPRECIATE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HIDDEN IN THE STORY -- THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS ARE:

HUMAN BEING WHO ARE NOT SERIAL KILLERS
NOT GREEDY CORPORATE EXECUTIVE
NOT SPOILED HOLLYWOOD STARS
NOT CHEATING BASEBALL PLAYERS
NOT CORRUPT DEGENERATES OF ANY KIND

THIS MOVIE GLORIFIES THE HUMAN SPIRIT. SIMPLE PEOPLE, DECENT PEOPLE, HONEST PEOPLE, BEING GOOD TO EACH OTHER, BRING OUT THE BEST IN EACH OTHER.

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT HOW THE FILM WAS MADE, ALL THE FACTS ABOUT THE PRODUCTION PALE BEFORE THE MESSAGE OF THIS FINE FILM -- GOOD PEOPLE DESERVE THEIR MOMENT ON THE SCREEN, THIS FILM REMINDS US OF THE BEAUTY OF THE COMMON MAN AND WOMAN.

I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT TO THOSE WHO GET NERVOUS IF SOMETHNG IS NOT EXPLODING EVERY FEW MINUTES -IF SOMEONE IS NOT BEING DOUBLE-CROSSED, IF SOMEONE IS NOT STEALING OR LYING OR HARMING ANOTHER PERSON, COUNTRY OR PLANET, IN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES OF A MOVIE.

I SAW THIS FILM BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MOS DEF AND JACK BLACK WOULD WORK TOGETHER - THEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
THE WHOLE FILM WAS JUST A JOY TO WATCH.

DANNY GLOVER WAS MARVELOUS - HIS LOW KEYED CHARACTER WAS
ACTED TO PERFECTION - HE STOLE SCENES BY BEING CALM AND QUIET, INSTEAD OF MANIC AND LOUD - WHICH IS HOW MOST ACTORS
GAIN ATTENTION FOR THEIR CHARACTER.