Dope
A geek (newcomer Shameik Moore) from a tough neighbourhood in Los Angeles tries to find his place in academia in this coming-of-age tale. However, one night at an underground party sends him in a wildly different direction - one that will make him the dopest dude around. Co-stars The Grand Budapest Hotel's Tony Revolori, Zoë Kravitz and rapper A$AP Rocky.
"Malcolm is a high school geek with a high-top fade, carefully navigating life in The Bottoms, one of the toughest neighborhoods in Inglewood, California. He and his fellow outcasts share a voracious appreciation for all things '90s hip-hop, opting to sport Cross-Colours and Z. Cavariccis at the risk of being clowned at school. He dreams of attending Harvard, but first he has to make it home every day. When a drug dealer takes a shine to Malcolm and invites him to his birthday party, Malcolm’s crew is swirled into a hilarious blender of offbeat characters and bad choices where redemption can only be found in Bitcoin." (Sundance Film Festival)
- Director:
- Rick Famuyiwa ('Our Family Wedding', 'Brown Sugar', 'The Wood')
- Writer:
- Rick Famuyiwa
- Cast:
- Zoë KravitzForest WhitakerBlake AndersonKeith StanfieldTony RevoloriKiersey ClemonsShameik MooreA$AP Rocky
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksMove over Ferris Bueller, high school has a new king and the high school movie genre has a new heavyweight. Meet Malcolm and his two friends. Three self-professed high school geeks with an obsession for ‘90s hip hop who are weeks from graduating having navigated the complex dilemmas of life in a modern high school world and urban gang war landscape.
Variety
pressThe fun momentum of Dope’s breakneck plotting and snappy dialogue easily overcome any momentary attack of earnestness.
Time Out
pressFamuyiwa ... doubles down on an applying-to-Harvard satire that both upends demographic expectations while insisting (at times a bit strenuously) that we all aim a little higher.
The New York Times
pressShoves disparate genre elements together as if pulling jigsaw puzzle pieces from a half-dozen different boxes, and if the finished work isn't quite convincing, it's still fun to look at.
The Guardian
pressIt's about kids who we're generally not asked to care about: a cast almost entirely made up of actors of colour.
Los Angeles Times
pressIn the end, just another unfunny grab bag of stereotypes. Don't believe the hype.
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksMove over Ferris Bueller, high school has a new king and the high school movie genre has a new heavyweight. Meet Malcolm and his two friends. Three self-professed high school geeks with an obsession for ‘90s hip hop who are weeks from graduating having navigated the complex dilemmas of life in a modern high school world and urban gang war landscape.
Variety
pressThe fun momentum of Dope’s breakneck plotting and snappy dialogue easily overcome any momentary attack of earnestness.
Time Out
pressFamuyiwa ... doubles down on an applying-to-Harvard satire that both upends demographic expectations while insisting (at times a bit strenuously) that we all aim a little higher.
The New York Times
pressShoves disparate genre elements together as if pulling jigsaw puzzle pieces from a half-dozen different boxes, and if the finished work isn't quite convincing, it's still fun to look at.
The Guardian
pressIt's about kids who we're generally not asked to care about: a cast almost entirely made up of actors of colour.
Los Angeles Times
pressIn the end, just another unfunny grab bag of stereotypes. Don't believe the hype.
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