{"id":376467,"date":"2021-12-02T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-mixtape-review-netflixs-nostalgic-tween-drama-is-worth-a-listen\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T23:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:20:12","slug":"watch-mixtape-review-netflixs-nostalgic-tween-drama-is-worth-a-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-mixtape-review-netflixs-nostalgic-tween-drama-is-worth-a-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Mixtape&#8217; Review: Netflix&#8217;s Nostalgic Tween Drama Is Worth a Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f583b25b58\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f583b25b58\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-mixtape-review-netflixs-nostalgic-tween-drama-is-worth-a-listen\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Mixtape_Review_Netflixs_Nostalgic_Tween_Drama_Is_Worth_a_Listen%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Mixtape&#8217; Review: Netflix&#8217;s Nostalgic Tween Drama Is Worth a Listen&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-mixtape-review-netflixs-nostalgic-tween-drama-is-worth-a-listen\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Mixtape_Review_Netflixs_Nostalgic_Tween_Drama_Is_Worth_a_Listen%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Mixtape&#8217; Review: Netflix&#8217;s Nostalgic Tween Drama Is Worth a Listen&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-mixtape-review-netflixs-nostalgic-tween-drama-is-worth-a-listen\/#optional_screen_reader\" >optional screen reader<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-mixtape-review-netflixs-nostalgic-tween-drama-is-worth-a-listen\/#Read_More_About\" >Read More About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Mixtape_Review_Netflixs_Nostalgic_Tween_Drama_Is_Worth_a_Listen%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Mixtape&#8217; Review: Netflix&#8217;s Nostalgic Tween Drama Is Worth a Listen&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Mixtape_Review_Netflixs_Nostalgic_Tween_Drama_Is_Worth_a_Listen%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Mixtape&#8217; Review: Netflix&#8217;s Nostalgic Tween Drama Is Worth a Listen&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        Ours is an age of nostalgia. Now that the rose-tinted glasses have increasingly turned their gaze toward the 1990s \u2014 they\u2019re literally making a \u201cThat \u201990s Show,\u201d in case you didn\u2019t already feel old enough \u2014 \u201cMixtape\u201d almost feels timely. With a pre-Y2K setting, soundtrack featuring the likes of Vitamin C and Lit, and plot revolving around an orphaned 12-year-old named Beverly (Gemma Brook Allen) tracking down the songs on a mixtape belonging to her departed parents, Valerie Weiss\u2019 very-young-adult dramedy is also a (deep) cut above the usual tween fare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA mixtape is a message from the maker to the listener,\u201d says the jaded record-store owner (Nick Thune) to whom Beverly turns for help on her whimsical mission, and you can be sure that \u201cMixtape\u201d abounds in similar pearls of wisdom. For the most part though, the film\u2019s inherent sweetness keeps such lines from eliciting eye rolls even if they don\u2019t always warm the heart the way they\u2019re meant to. \u201cModern Family\u201d star Julie Bowen plays the girl\u2019s grandmother \u2014 her character, a postal worker named Gail, was a teen mom, as was her daughter \u2014 and is characteristically charming in a role featuring less screentime than you might expect or hope.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s in part because she\u2019s mostly there to caution Bev against following in the footsteps of her mother, a punk-inclined musician who fell in love, had a kid, and got into a car accident that claimed her life along with her husband\u2019s. Gail doesn\u2019t talk about her much, clearly because it\u2019s still too painful, which leaves Beverly feeling adrift. So you can see why she would look to the mixtape, which no longer plays but has a vaguely cryptic tracklist attached to it, as an anchor. Allen is truly endearing in the lead role, at times bringing to mind the sweetness that made Abigail Breslin\u2019s turn in \u201cLittle Miss Sunshine\u201d so memorable, and is a large part of why \u201cMixtape\u201d works as well as it does. Weiss, whose credits include episodes of such <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> as \u201cHow to Get Away with Murder\u201d and \u201cSuits\u201d alongside three prior features, is especially attuned to the scenes in which her young heroine comes closer to finding herself.<\/p>\n<p>There are hijinks along the way, of course, from Bev and her two new friends (Audrey Hsieh and Olga Petsa) launching a third-party bid to have their school\u2019s new mascot be the Fighting Mullets (complete with buttons and banners) to the inevitable power trio they form called Us Dudes R Sisters. For all that, the best scenes are those featuring Beverly and Anti, the record-store owner whose jadedness quickly crumbles in the face of Bev\u2019s sincere desire to learn more about her parents through their musical taste.<\/p>\n<p>Not everything works so well. Oddest of all given the film\u2019s musical bent is that the soundtrack isn\u2019t exactly all bangers \u2014 \u201cSmile\u201d by Vitamin C isn\u2019t what first comes to mind when recalling the turn of the century, though the mixtape itself fares better. \u201cMore Than This\u201d by Roxy Music and \u201cBetter Things\u201d by The Kinks do such a good job of evoking the \u201980s, in fact, that you may wish that\u2019s when \u201cMixtape\u201d was actually set. This is emblematic of the film\u2019s attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal to both children and their parents, a difficult balancing act that results in some inevitable stumbles. There are a few too many \u201chow do you do, fellow kids?\u201d moments, though a couple of them at least seem intentional \u2014 watch for an impassioned poetry teacher who calls Emily Dickinson \u201cthe Scary Spice of her day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third-act stakes are harder to buy, with the musical quest apparently causing a decline in Bev\u2019s grades and a rift with her grandmother despite only appearing to take place over a few days, stumbling blocks that are resolved almost as quickly as they\u2019re introduced. That\u2019s often how it goes with kids, though: Yesterday\u2019s wounds become today\u2019s stories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"optional_screen_reader\"><\/span>\n        optional screen reader  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_More_About\"><\/span>Read More About:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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