The funny thing is that I developed a fascination with the idea of mixtapes, and discovered that there was a film about them, which is no doubt why I wanted to watch it. The thing is that I grew up in the 80s, during the era of mix tapes when we would sit in front of the radio waiting for our favourite songs to come of so as to record them. The funny thing is that Hollywood seems to think that mixtapes were shared when in reality we simply kept them for ourselves (with a couple of exceptions - one being that a friend would give them to other friends to get them to listen to different types of music).
Anyway, this film is about a young orphan who lives with her grandmother. He parents died in a car accident and she wants to learn more about them. Well, she finds a mixtape made by them and decides to listen to it, but it gets eaten by the walkman, so she goes on a quest to find all of the songs. During the quest she makes new friends, and also has to fight with her grandmother who is scared of losing her in the same way that she lost her daughter, and the grubby world of pub rock in which her parents were involved.
It's basically one of those feel good films. In fact, I have to admit that it was quite enjoyable. Sure, being the age I am I probably relate more to the parents, who we never actually meet, with the exception of their voices on the tape. Actually, this is one of the good things about the film, namely that we never get to meet the parents - there are no flashbacks, so all we know about them is what the hero of the piece are told, so of course we are left guessing, in the same way that she is left guessing, as to who they are and what actually happened.
Yeah, it was fun, and it certainly was a feel good film. Oh, and it also had a decent amount of music, which you would certainly expect from a film about a mixtape.
Anyway, this film is about a young orphan who lives with her grandmother. He parents died in a car accident and she wants to learn more about them. Well, she finds a mixtape made by them and decides to listen to it, but it gets eaten by the walkman, so she goes on a quest to find all of the songs. During the quest she makes new friends, and also has to fight with her grandmother who is scared of losing her in the same way that she lost her daughter, and the grubby world of pub rock in which her parents were involved.
It's basically one of those feel good films. In fact, I have to admit that it was quite enjoyable. Sure, being the age I am I probably relate more to the parents, who we never actually meet, with the exception of their voices on the tape. Actually, this is one of the good things about the film, namely that we never get to meet the parents - there are no flashbacks, so all we know about them is what the hero of the piece are told, so of course we are left guessing, in the same way that she is left guessing, as to who they are and what actually happened.
Yeah, it was fun, and it certainly was a feel good film. Oh, and it also had a decent amount of music, which you would certainly expect from a film about a mixtape.