In the Mix (2005)

14% of critics liked it
(37 reviews)
48% of users liked it
(99,962 ratings)

R&B star Usher Raymond plays his first starring role in this story which blends crime with romantic comedy. Darrell (Usher Raymond) is a successful club DJ who one night unexpectedly rescues a woman from a dangerous situation. It turns out the woman in question is the wife of Frank Pacelli (Chazz… More R&B star Usher Raymond plays his first starring role in this story which blends crime with romantic comedy. Darrell (Usher Raymond) is a successful club DJ who one night unexpectedly rescues a woman from a dangerous situation. It turns out the woman in question is the wife of Frank Pacelli (Chazz Palminteri), one of New York City's most powerful mobsters. To show his appreciation, Pacelli gives Darrell a job -- serving as bodyguard for this beautiful daughter, Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui). A short-lived romance blooms between Darrell and Dolly, but it isn't long before the couple are quarreling, which makes Pacelli more than a bit unhappy with his new hire. However, Pacelli also has a mob war and a disloyal and ambitious young lieutenant to deal with, and Darrell soon finds Pacelli's problems become his problems too. Also starring Kevin Hart and Robert Davi, In the Mix was produced under the title Dying for Dolly. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By: Ron Underwood
Written By: Jacqueline Zambrano
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 23, 2005 Wide
On DVD: Mar 21, 2006
Studio: Lions Gate Films

Critic Reviews

Tony Wong, Toronto Star
The failure is with a script as ungainly as it is and an oversimplified conception of American-Italian and black cultures.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
This thing is as formulaically bland as the rest of its Tinseltown kind.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Usher, who has a squinty charm, is forced to display an infinite polite chivalry that would have shamed Sidney Poitier.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Played mostly as a drama but utterly devoid of tension, the film mainly comes across as recycled.
Anita Gates, New York Times
[A] one-dimensional romantic comedy that ... feels like an old-fashioned vehicle picture, the kind the big movie studios used to make in the 1930's and 40's just to bring in the fans of a particular actor or actress.
Robert Koehler, Variety
... pic is never too insulting to the viewer, and works up a fair amount of goodwill by the good graces of Usher's Will Smithian charisma and an extremely attractive filmmaking package ...
Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media
Wasted talent: Usher as a DJ in love with an Italian-American mobster's daughter.
Kam Williams, DallasBlack.com
Inspired as much by mobster comedies like Analyze This as by Romeo and Juliet interpretations like Romeo Must Die, this transparent tale makes light of cultural differences while taking its own sweet time to arrive at its happily-ever-after finale.
Kam Williams, AALBC.com
Easily engages the viewer in the same fashion as the best of the romance genre.
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
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.
Todd Jorgenson, Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
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.
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
It's not exactly atrocious, but it constantly makes you wonder why those involved couldn't find something better to do.
Mark Palermo, Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
People richer than you get paid to come up with this stuff.
Bruce Kirkland, Jam! Movies
In The Mix is not just mixed up, it is muddled.

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William G

Would be insufferable if it weren't already insignificant.
Laurence C

You don't need to see this movie. Really, you don't.
Erin C

Another bad one that a friend made me see. It was boring.

Cast

            Usher Raymond as Darrell

            Emmanuelle Chriqui as Dolly

            Chazz Palminteri as Frank Pacelli

            Robert Davi as Fish

            Matt Gerald as Jackie

            Anthony Fazio as Frankie Junior

            Kevin Hart as Busta

            Isis Faust as Lexi

            John David Conti as Gino

            Robert Costanzo as Fat Tony

            Deezer D as Jojo

            Robert Gallo as Dr. Rizzoli

            Nick Mancuso as Salvatore

            Kelli Williams as Cami

            Lucille M. Oliver as LaShonda

            Lana Underwood as Carly

            Erin Cardillo as Rachelle

            Page Kennedy as Twizzie

            Chris Tardio as Angelo

            K.D. Aubert as Cherise

            Dwight Hicks as Bouncer

            Geoff Stults as Chad

            Jennifer Echols as Big Momma

            Kristen Renton as Skye

            Alfred Jackson as Street Performer

            Mieko as Hottie

            Misti Traya as Maya

            Dominic Testa as Frank's Guest

            Mat Gifford as Aqua Receptionist

            Eldon "Emaze" Baizar as Street Performer

            Labyron "Chaos" Walton as Street Performer

            Gary "G1000" Randolph as Street Performer

            Griffin Dellaverson as Griffin (Wedding Guest)
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In the Mix (2005)

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William G

Laurence C

Erin C

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