Mix

This movie just came out in Hungary where it sort of originates from, and it is a very pleasant surprise. It is a simple story, sometimes with kinda emblematic scene, like a Hungarian cab driver that speaks fluent English - even before he finds out that our guy (brand new talent Alex Weed) is an American guy in Budapest.

Or some other time our man, Mitch (still Alex Weed) enters a club where they dance to Hungarian folk music, but the turntables are connected bad to the amp so bad noise only, no music. He comes in, fixes it, and makes friends in a minute .. I should call this a week scene ... should but it still works fine .. and i dindt mention the very good ones.

The grand ma is at lest as cool as Aunt Lotte from Stranger than Paradise... she's not only an old lady . she's a very well built character .. one night Mitch doesn't go out but stays with her at home and she rests her feet in his lap and he gives them a massage .. i don't know how good this sounds but it is a very cool scene .. and it's just one of those ..

I thought that it'd be just another of those movies in which another foreign student writes his/her story, builds his/her picture about Budapest, that would hardly even fit .. but NO ! This is a cool one, i can even say that as a Hungarian person :: very MIX of art and story telling, speed and style, a good movie, at least 1 of the (few) best movies this year

peter josvai (cspv.hu)

This is a terrible movie with a stupid plot and two-dimensional characters: all the women are whores, all the men are in the mafia, the police are corrupt, and an American saves the day. Strange that a film made by Hungarians is filled with such self-loathing for the country. Given the premise of a film about DJ culture, the music is actually pretty bad. Hungary has some fantastic DJs whose work is occasionally used by local filmmakers, but the Lovy brothers obviously don't know any of them.

The Hungarian actors are good, but its pretty clear their potential is underused. Also, was there no one around to help them with their English? Some lines are so mangled that they're unintelligible. Not fun bad, jut plain bad.

This movie is unique, that´s true.

The short story: Mitch /Alex Weed/ is a normal american teenager. He comes with his father to Budapest, but he dont like the town... This movie is about the Hungarian "night-life", with whores, cops, security guys. The underground life are waiting for you in Budapest :-)

I saw Mix upon my trip to Budapest this winter. I must say that I was surprised after seeing the sexy poster that this film has feelings. It is a really a European character study done up with ravin' music and great style. It is an odd hybrid but it works. The movie features great acting all around, great ethnic hip-hop, great scenery and wonderful editing. The movie has a beat and it really grooves at times. Then its quiet and thoughtful and yes, even emotional. Its not what I expected but I found this fish out of water tale to be truly touching. I highly recommend it and hope it makes it to the States. The Lovy boys seem to really blend their American and Hungarian sensibilities into a unique and entertaining Mix. I want the soundtrack as soon as it comes out.

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself stuck in a foreign country with no money and four days to scrape together the funds for a plane ticket back home, get caught up in adventures with a beautiful fetish model, a slimy photographer, a drug-dealing porno producer and a cab-driving hustler, with awesome music to boot, then this film is for you.

It was interesting watching how the filmmakers dealt with the two languages, Hungarian and English. It was handled very naturally. Since Mitch doesn't speak Hungarian, the Hungarian characters spoke broken english with him. Hungarians spoke Hungarian to other Magyars, and Americans spoke English to other Americans.