Max and Mona is a 2004 comedy film co-produced between South Africa and Sweden, starring Mpho Lovinga, Jerry Mofokeng and Percy Matsemala and directed by Teddy Mattera.
[1] Source:[4] Director Teddy Mattera explained that one of the reasons for shooting Max and Mona was the dearth of comedic films aimed primarily at the black population in South Africa.
For Robert Koehler of Variety, "Max and Mona strains to draw laughs from a young rural man’s run-ins with nasty types in the big, bad city.
At first glimpse, tyro helmer Teddy Mattera applies a wonderfully mythic touch to his script, but ridiculous incidents pile up so rapidly that the early charm dissolves.
"[5] For critic Sean Jacobs, Mattera achieved "a gentle comedy that finds laughs in tears, mixing the profane, the sacred, and the fantastical to create a feel-good fable.