Although his movies present themselves as silly comedies - the ones I really like School of Rock and now Be Kind Rewind are really about building community. Both of them have the message that together we can do more than we expected possible. That looking for the good in others is worth the effort. That it's worth risking a little bit for friendship and to see others grow into their dreams. Yes, it's all in these movies. I am not talking about Nacho Libre - that was not one of his better films (that is the last film we saw in the dollar theater before little man was born - other than that it was pretty forgetable). We also saw The Holiday - it was okay, a pretty typical romantic comedy. Still about finding passion -but not in community.
If you do decide to watch Be Kind Rewind please suspend your disbelief for about the first 20 minutes of the movie - after that it gets good. You should also watch the special feature Pasaic Mosaic - basically it talks about how this movie helped bring a community back together. People from the community make up most of the cast!
So, remember that community building can happen in all kinds of ways - even with a crazy comedian in the forefront.
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