Dope

[jvince]

Genre:
Comedy | Drama

Synopsis:
A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation.

Director:
Rick Famuyiwa

Writer:
Rick Famuyiwa

Stars:
Shameik Moore
Tony Revolori
Kiersey Clemons
Zoë Kravitz
A$AP Rocky
Blake Anderson
Keith Stanfield
Rick Fox
Forest Whitaker

'Dope' (2015) First Official Movie Trailer - YouTube

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Metacritic: 76

[GorillaGuy]

Wow that looks great

[Mandalorian]

It looks like Risky Business meets The Wood. I'll be keeping an eye out for this one.

[Buscemi]

Open Road just scheduled it for a June 12th wide opening. Should be good counter-programming for the various action movies.

[L.J.]

Looks cool.

[Djtannv29]

Originally Posted by L.J.

Looks dope.

Fixed that for you

[Col. Zombie]

What the flap, jack?

So has anyone seen this? Is it any good? It's getting decent enough reviews.

90% RT out of 88 critics.

Nothing from the folks on Bluray.com?

Nothing since FEBRUARY!!!

[bowlingbilly10]

This doesn't look dope to me. My theater surprisingly got this and all we had advertised for this was a poster. I've never seen not one single trailer at our theater.

[MrBlonde]

Quick thoughts from Letterboxd.

A movie truly after my heart. 30 minutes in and A$AP Rocky is teaching Vince Staples about slippery slopes, I knew that I was going to love this movie. A killer soundtrack. Great performances from Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori and Kiersey Clemons. Assured direction from Rick Famuyiwa.

Simply put: this shit's dope.

Also, Kiersey Clemons, will you marry me?

It's a bit messy at times, but it's a blast. This movie was basically pandering to me, there was zero way I wasn't going to love this.

[Megalith]

Is this some hipster shit?

[Foggy]

Not out until September, looks like a lot of fun and properly in my taste.

[JohnnyPresley21]

I watch it today and thought it was a unique film that was surprisingly entertaining.It kind of had the feel of a Quentin Tarantino dialogue and flick mixed with Hustle and Flow.

[Holmes]

Malcolm (Shameik Moore), the protagonist in the boisterous and stylish Dope, is a teenager living in a dangerous L.A. neighborhood. He and his two best friends (Kiersey Clemons, The Grand Budapest Hotel's Tony Revolori) are self-proclaimed nerds: they share an almost academic obsession with 1990s hip hop, dream of attending a university, and are estranged from and teased by most of the people around them. An unexpected invitation to a birthday celebration at a nightclub submerges them in a crime drama involving a handgun, a cache of powdered ecstasy, and various intimidating underworld figures, one played by acclaimed Harlem MC A$AP Rocky in his confident acting debut. In over their heads, Malcolm and his friends must rely on their collective wit and one another to survive.

Similar to its characters, this is a film enthralled by the '90s: an obvious point of comparison is Boyz 'N the Hood or Menace II Society (albeit with the grim social dismay dialed down), but it also strongly recalls the anxious pop intricacy of Pulp Fiction and the many, many Tarantino-indebted films to follow, such as Go and the first two features directed by Guy Ritchie. Such overt, nostalgic homages can go either way, but this is a fine example, smartly constructed and extremely charming without sacrificing its tough edge. Director Rick Famuyiwa nearly perfectly weds aesthetic and content. The see-what-I-can-do high style he employs (fast- and slow-motion, flash forwards, split screens, an almost nonstop use of popular music) enhances our understanding of the characters, their points-of-view, and the pace and texture of the world they live in. No editorial or photographic choice, however fanciful or zany, feels arbitrary. And the conversational, free-flowing, relaxed chemistry of the core trio gives the film the heart, the vitality, to deepen and fortify its hyperactive sense of cool.

A-

[spf781]

Saw it yesterday and I thought it was a lot of fun.

[SilentDawn]

Gonna try to see this on Tuesday along with Love and Mercy.

[Paul.R.S]

Just in from this. Terrific. Stay for the credits and watch Shameik dance. Good stuff.

[RekLess]

The editing wasn't great; the flow of the story felt disjointed at several points. But overall it was a fun flick. I really enjoyed most of the characters. And who knew that A$AP Rocky could act?

[Ultra_Violence]

I think this looks pretty good. I'll give it a shot.

[spectre08]

Saw it, really enjoyed it. I didn't think the editing felt disjointed at all. There were some obvious creative decision to use immediate "flashbacks" to show something that we just saw the outcome of, but it didn't feel clunky or out of place.

All in all I really like the story. I think they could have cut about 20 minutes though, this should have been a 90 minute movie.

[neoshinok]

Decided to check this out on a whim and I'm very glad I did! Much more entertaining than I anticipated. I want the three main characters to be my best friends