Dope (2015) (original) (raw)

Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled gangsters and drugs dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to attend Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into a, only in Los Angeles, gritty adventure filed with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled gangsters and drugs dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to attend Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into a, only in Los Angeles, gritty adventure filed with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. (less)

Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Writer: Rick Famuyiwa
Starring: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, Chanel Iman, Lakeith Stanfield
Narrator: Forest Whitaker
Producers: Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Pharrell Williams, Michael Y. Chow, Rick Famuyiwa, David Lonner

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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 18, 2015

5 / 10

�Dope� emerges as a film of many perspectives, but none of them are particularly captivating. It�s the latest from director Rick Famuyiwa, helmer of tepid comedies such as �Our Family Wedding� and �The Wood,� while showing a more appealing side with 2002�s �Brown Sugar.� �Dope� is meant to sharp, satirical, and silly, but it�s often confused when it comes to tone, with a callousness that doesn�t mine any significant laughs. It�s not messy, but unfocused and non-confrontational when it comes to truly testing its characters and their supposed intelligence. It has style and caustic, primitive scr ...read more...

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