Mix

I was lucky enough to catch this flick in Budapest. It's playing city-wide. Steven and Robert Lovy, credited as "the Lovy Brothers," couldn't have had millions of dollars to produce this gem, but they certainly made up for that by creating a perky, emotional film with a handsome and kinetic visual style. It's now definitely one of my favorite movies. A very cool mix of drama, comedy and super fresh music all set in the sexy locale of night-life Budapest.

I'd say it's a cross between Scorsese's "After Hours," "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and a music video set to a Hungarian folk music/drum and bass mix. I know it sounds unusual, but so is this movie.

Definitely worth checking out when it gets to the States. I even bought the soundtrack.

Cheers,

baxter100

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.

I gotta say that I really loved this movie. For one thing, the music is amazing. The producers know how to integrate music into a movie, that's for sure. The characters were hysterical, and the lead was way cute. Each character seemd to have a complete beginning, middle and end, which is rare in movies. I liked the grandmother/father subplot, because it reminded me of my own family. I guess I related to the movie. The storyline is solid and the ending is great. Worth the watch!

Being a girl, I thought I would be insulted by the "porn" subplot, but not at all. Me and my fem friends thought that the porno characters and storyline were handled with care and thoughtfulness. We even cried at the sappy parts!

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.

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 :-)