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Jack Black | ... | ||
Yasiin Bey | ... |
Mike
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Danny Glover | ... |
Mr. Fletcher
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Mia Farrow | ... | ||
Melonie Diaz | ... | ||
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Irv Gooch | ... | |
Chandler Parker | ... | ||
Arjay Smith | ... | ||
Quinton Aaron | ... | ||
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Gio Perez | ... | |
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Basia Rosas | ... | |
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Tomasz Soltys | ... | |
Marcus Carl Franklin | ... |
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Blake Hightower | ... |
Kid 2
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Amir Ali Said | ... |
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In Passaic, NJ, Elroy Fletcher runs a video store in a condemned building he claims was the birthplace of Fats Waller. Fletcher goes on a Waller centennial trip, leaving his foster son Mike in charge of the store. Mike's peculiar friend Jerry tries to sabotage a power station and nearly electrocutes himself, getting magnetized in the process. He inadvertently erases every tape in the store. Mike and Jerry hatch an plan to hide the disaster by making a homemade "Ghostbusters" to rent to a woman whom Fletcher will be phoning to check on them. Soon, with help, their homemade versions of films develop a cult following. Will this new business save the store and the building? What about Fats? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
OK let me start off saying that i loved Eternal Sunshine and had pretty high hopes for this film. Michael Gondry did a more than exceptional job to capture the tone of this film which i'll describe as old-school, and scraggly. Jack Black once again played the same part he usually does just a funny weird dude, Mos Def did a real nice job a lot better than I expected after seeing him in Hitchikers Guide to The Galaxy. Danny Glover was really great. But the thing I loved about this film is that it was so different from the usual cliché comedy. The movie does have some flaws but what the heck, just go see it and relax. Its not supposed to be a Citezen Kane. Overall the film was real fun and actually a little touching, so go see it. I recommend it for sure. Real Fun!!