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In The Mix (2005)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:4

Rotten:31

Average Rating:3.1/10

Consensus: Fans may get a kick out of seeing Usher showcasing his charm on screen, but the movie itself is tone deaf and inconsequential, even by rom-com standards.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: R&B star Usher makes an assured screen debut in this mix of mob movie and romantic comedy. Chazz Palminenteri co-stars as the friendly don who recruits family friend Darrell (Usher) to play... R&B star Usher makes an assured screen debut in this mix of mob movie and romantic comedy. Chazz Palminenteri co-stars as the friendly don who recruits family friend Darrell (Usher) to play bodyguard for his daughter, Dolly (Emmanuelle Chiriqi). She and Darrell have been friends since they were kids, but the seven years since they last saw each other have changed things. She's grown into a headstrong young law student with a yen for yoga and a smug yuppie boyfriend (Geoff Stults); he's grown into an ultra-smooth chick magnet with dreams of starting his own record company. They're destined for each other, but there's not only the racial issue in their way--someone's trying to take over the family business via treachery and bullets, and Darrell's right in the thick of things. When the interracial romance isn't heating up the screen, there's plenty of raucous comedy supplied by Anthony Fazio as Dolly's pseudo-gangsta younger brother, Kevin Hart as Darrell's loudmouthed co-DJ, and a bulldog with an unfortunate digestion problem. Director Ron Underwood takes his time going around the more edgy turns in the script, giving the actors room to stretch out and get comfortable in their characters and surroundings, and helping the film transcend its more formulaic elements (it's an obvious nod to the 1992 Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner chestnut, THE BODYGUARD). Best of all, Usher proves his game extends to the big screen, where he displays plenty of debonair warmth and easygoing charm. [More]

Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Usher, Robert Davi, Emmanuelle Chriqui

Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Usher, Robert Davi, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kevin Hart

Director: Ron Underwood

Director: Ron Underwood
Screenwriter: Jacqueline Zambrano
Producer: Bill Borden
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Easily engages the viewer in the same fashion as the best of the romance genre.

Full Review Source: AALBC.com | comment Comment
02/04/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
AALBC.com

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
06/03/06
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
06/03/06
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

With its laughable dramatic sequences and goofy supporting characters, this film is hard to dismiss as entertainment: a camp treat for comics as well as Usher fans.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
04/28/06
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It's clearly conceived solely as a star vehicle for the ubiquitous Usher and his washboard abs, with plot coherence and originality coming in somewhere lower in the pecking order.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment Comment
02/21/06
Todd Jorgenson
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
N/R

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12/17/05
Boston Phoenix
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12/17/05
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12/17/05
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12/17/05
Hanh Nguyen
Hanh Nguyen
Zap2it.com

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12/17/05
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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12/17/05
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Boxoffice Magazine

It's not exactly atrocious, but it constantly makes you wonder why those involved couldn't find something better to do.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
12/09/05
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

People richer than you get paid to come up with this stuff.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
12/05/05
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

The failure is with a script as ungainly as it is and an oversimplified conception of American-Italian and black cultures.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
12/02/05
Tony Wong
Tony Wong
Toronto Star

In The Mix is not just mixed up, it is muddled.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
12/02/05
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

This thing is as formulaically bland as the rest of its Tinseltown kind.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
12/02/05
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

Nothing will save you from the pain of this film.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
12/02/05
E! Online

This movie is for die-hard Usher fans only. And by this I mean teen-age girls, who no doubt will enjoy this.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
12/02/05
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Let it be said that as an actor, Usher would probably make a pretty good zither player.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
12/01/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Usher, who has a squinty charm, is forced to display an infinite polite chivalry that would have shamed Sidney Poitier.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/30/05
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
 
 
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