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Be Kind Rewind Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  In its sweet, lackadaisical way, Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind illuminates the pleasures and paradoxes of movie love.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  It's an exuberant, fanciful fable set amid the scruffy outskirts of American society, where people's need for escapism coincides with their desire to participate in its creation.

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• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  There's nothing not to like about the movie, a teensy, hand-crocheted trifle, fitted with embroidered pockets of guest stardom, including Mia Farrow as the nice local lady who wants to see what "Ghostbusters" is all about and "Ghostbusters'" own Sigourney Weaver as a movie-studio corporate meanie, ha-ha.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Whimsy with a capital W. No, it's WHIMSY in all caps. Make that all-caps italic boldface. Oh, never mind. I'm getting too whimsical.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Sweet-natured and likable as the movie is, it never really delivers on the promise of its ingenious premise, which hints at a subversive retelling of mainstream Hollywood movies but stops short at goofy homage.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Feels slight and repetitive, even when there is no actual rewinding going on.

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• 40

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  It's a quick trip from whimsy to silliness in Be Kind Rewind, a notably ephemeral work by Michel Gondry, whose flights of fancy can't overcome the egregious illogic of the premise.

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