Review of Mixtape

Mixtape (II) (2021)
7/10
Cute, quirky coming of age tale with some nostalgia
15 December 2021
This is a really cute movie. A young girl goes on a journey of discovery and on the way finds new friends and herself.

Beverly is in Junior high, she lives with her grandmother. Her parents were punk rockers who unfortunately died in an accident when Bev was just a baby. She doesn't know who she is or who her parents were. A part of her always questions herself, would my mother have liked me? At the beginning of the film, Bev doesn't really know who she is.

One day she stumbles upon a mix tape that her parents made of some obscure 80s bands. She sees it as a sign from her parents. She thinks they are sending her a message. This story took place in the 90s therefore no YouTube or Spotify. She enlists the help of her friends who go on a musical journey, going to record stores and concerts,playing the guitar, trying to identify with her parents through music.

At the end, Bev realized that she is who she is, she doesn't need to be like her mother, but along the way she made some great friends.
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