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.
Direction
Gondry's handmade aesthetic makes $0 look like love
Acting
Jack Black and Mos Def's bickering brother chemistry
Production
The 'sweded' films — cardboard robots and all
Director
Michel Gondry
Jack Black
Jerry
Yasiin Bey
Mike
Danny Glover
Mr. Fletcher
Mia Farrow
Ms. Kimberley
Melonie Díaz
Alma
Chandler Parker
Craig
Arjay Smith
Manny
Marcus Carl Franklin
James
Blake Hightower
Kid 2
Amir Ali Said
Kid 3
Paul Dinello
Mr. Rooney
Sigourney Weaver
Ms. Lawson
Heather Lawless
Sherry
Kid Creole
West Coast Video Employee Passaic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'sweding' technique was so popular that Gondry launched a website where fans uploaded their own 20-minute remakes.
The film predicted the DIY remake culture of YouTube and TikTok years before they exploded — Gondry basically invented reaction content.
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