In The Mix (2005)

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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I didn't even bother watching it through to the end it was just too poor to continue. Even putting aside the fact that clearly I'm not their target audience for this movie it is blatantly apparent that this is budget garbage.There are people on YouTube making shorts that are 50 times the movie this is.The script is awful and just feels like the dialogue never actually matches the character the actors are trying to portray. Noticed a few weirdly framed shots that didn't make sense as to why they did them like that, the acting from most of the cast was comical like everything was done on a first take 30 seconds after reading their lines for the first time.Eye scrapping bad movie that even Saddam wouldn't make his dissidents watch.Redeeming feature, the girl that plays the daughter is extremely cute and good looking.

Well, first things first : Usher Raymond is smart to begin in a simple romantic comedy as this (so if he failed, it wouldn't be a big deal since the movie is that small anyway !) . Emmanuelle Chriqui is beautiful, sensitive, and has a real sexy voice. Chazz Palminteri is Chazz Palminteri, and that's not a bad thing by the way ! It's only (Ron Underwood) who was disappointing; after promising movies such as (Tremors, City Slickers, Heart and Souls) he became so far from dreams he gave to me about excellent Hollywood director who doesn't execute inasmuch as feel and create.However, the movie isn't that bad. It's just ordinary. Watchable but as something between average and weak. The low points come basically from that script. There is no effort has been made. The girl loves the boy, so the boy doesn't need much to impress the girl. The father loves the boy, so the boy didn't suffer much getting the father's approval. And so on..Now for the very provocative points : the girl knew one night about the boy's previous girlfriend (or girlfriends), though she throws herself in his arms AND in the same night ! The girl goes to the boy's home to find another girl "classically accidentally" with him, so she understands, always and forever, the situation wrong (ancient boring stuff, it's unbelievable that anyone still uses it as dull as this !). The girl sleeps with the boy so easily (actually the movie shows her as the easiest girl from the start!). There are no fine special details (the matter of : we've seen all of that before, and better too !). Furthermore : why this script - while dealing with gangs and assassinations - lacks the action badly ?! (There isn't one car chase for god's sake !).But the biggest bugging point about it is surely its ending. The girl, the boy and all the characters got no problem at all towards the business of the father (a crime lord, a mafia boss, in a word : another Italian godfather !). The moralities weren't missing like this in a harmless romantic comedy like that before. It even gets bigger and bigger when the boy, after joining the Mix, is happy of all the money that he got with his bride out of the invited people's pockets !! So it doesn't totally matter if it's dirty money or not; it's just enough to marry your love, living wealthy and influential while forgetting about trivial things like stealing and killing. Just get in the mix even if it's filthy or bloody. I bet, this could have been Vito Corleone's favorite movie ! It's not The Godfather, where the family is ruled and infected in the same time by crime. It's maybe the next more cool generation, where the girl, her lover, so their story's makers too, don't concern much about that! I think this apathetic indifferent ending pushed the viewer, even unconsciously, to turn a cold shoulder to the whole movie.

This movie is just plain great. I loved it more than I love life itself. Usher is probably the best actor in the world, bar none! I'm amazed that Daniel Day Lewis didn't make an appearance in this cinematic gem. His loss I guess. I saw this in theaters the day it came out and I couldn't sleep until it finally came out on DVD. Now I can watch this timeless classic over and over and over again. I like to sit on the couch and chew tinfoil while I spoil myself to multiple viewings of this blockbuster hit. Sometimes I call in sick and stay home just so I can watch this movie. (Even the credits are a treat) I cancelled cable and sold all my other DVDs as I'm just to engrossed with this movie at the time. I'm watching the movie right now (YAY!!!!). I made my own quiz game based on this movie, I play it when I can't watch the movie , like when I'm driving or at weddings and other unimportant things. My only complaint is that the movie is to short, I wish it would never end and IMDb only let me give ten stars when it deserves at least 36.1.3333333333 stars...YAY!

And that's pretty sad, because I've seen a bunch of horrible movies, but this one is in a class of it's own. Now, I'm going to be honest, I wanted to see this film when it was first released in the theaters. It looked kinda like a fun movie, but I decided to wait until it was for rent. I knew this movie had a bad rating on IMDb, but I figured it was just because Usher was one of the biggest stars at the time and people were just trying to trash him. Boy, I apologize for doubting the views of the IMDb users.First off, what was the screenwriter on when he wrote this? Or was he simply reading "Screenwriting for dummies"? What the hell does he or the director take me for?! I grew up in friggin' little Italy/Chicago! I'm not stupid. Now, not to sound horrible, but this movie was totally inaccurate on how a mafia boss would let an African American watch his daughter. Never would happen in a million years. Not to mention the horrible stereo types in this film! It was horrible. The two lovers had no chemistry and the plot was.... ahh! Just never see this movie ever ever ever! 1/10