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52 out of 100

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6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 94 Ratings

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  • Starring: Danny Glover, Jack Black, Mos Def
  • Summary: A lovable loser is stuck in a life that's too small for his big dreams. But when he unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store's few loyal customers by re-creating and refilming every movie they decide to rent. (New Line Cinema)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 35
  3. Negative: 5 out of 35
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    88
    It's refreshing to see Gondry's moviemaking still possessed by the community spirit he caught a few years ago with "Dave Chappelle's Block Party."
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    60
    The remake/parody sequences - trailers for which are on the official site - are outstanding, but Black's all-over-the-place mania and Mos Def's slightly too bland orphan hero don't quite tie the rest of the picture together. Still, it has heart. And you'd rather see this version of "Rush Hour 2" than the original.
  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    30
    A muddle-not amiably ambling, not affably shaggy, just a mess that gets messier till, at times, the whole thing looks improvised by amateurs more concerned with being clever than something resembling affectionate.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 57
  3. Negative: 18 out of 57
  1. LuMac
    10
    This movie is goofy as hell, which is probably why I love it so much. Everyone needs to lighten up a bit, critics and the fools who walked out on it alike. Why would you walk out of a movie anyways?… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. TimBo
    5
    Being 19 I cant help but think that this is a vivid rip-off of BlockBlister... a skit from the children's variety show "All That" about 10 years ago.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. JimboH.
    3
    The movie manages to be both clever and yet, unfortunately dull. The beginning is amazingly slow, the setting is depressing (a run down, ill-taken care of ghetto). The "sweded" movies a somewhat neat, and there are laughs at times, but for the most part it doesn't offer a lot. Its a movie. Its art. Its not much of a comedy though. However, it will have a deep cultural impact. Why? I'll tell you why- because this movie created a word you can use to look up "Sweded" movies on Youtube (and there are a lot already)- which may have been the goal of the creators anyways.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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