Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Synopsis: Low-income urban community rallies around two of the the worst filmmakers since Ed Wood. 

Blurb From the DVD Jacket: “You name it, we shoot it.” 

What Did I Learn?: The line: “I will piss on the bones of your ancestors” was not in the Lion King movie. 

You Might Like This Movie If: Ghostbusters is one of your favourite films, and you've always wanted to see it reimagined and reenacted.

Really?: 1) Be Kind Rewind is a rather goofy comedy, so maybe I can overlook Jerry (Jack Black) getting electrocuted, and instead of dying a horrible death, he merely becomes conveniently magnetized in the first act. That said, I was a bit dismayed that Jerry’s magnetization could be cured by taking a super-long piss, and that his long-standing fear of the nearby power plant is completely forgotten soon afterwards. 2) I had a bit of a hard time believing the movie studios would read Jerry and Mike (Mos Def) the riot act when it’s pretty clear the two of them created low-budget parodies (parodies are generally protected under copyright law, so they would at least have a valid legal argument in court), and going after them would likely generate a lot of bad publicity. 

Rating: I recently viewed Be Kind Rewind for the first time in ten years, and I have to admit that I remembered very little of it. Overall, it’s a warm and good-natured comedy that delivers several good laughs, even though most of its humour is fairly low-key. Much like “Weird” Al Yankovic’s cult classic UHF, the best parts of Be Kind Rewind are the sketches when Jerry and Mike “swede” other famous movies, yet the main narrative is a bit lacklustre. 8/10 stars. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799934/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0