Dope
Dope
R | 19 June 2015 (USA)
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Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

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BootDigest

Such a frustrating disappointment

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Matialth

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Pacionsbo

Absolutely Fantastic

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Zlatica

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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weingartena-819-142661

Only slight spoilers - nothing to detract from viewing the film. I'm not even looking at the other reviews yet. Next time I catch this film, I'll probably give it 10 out of 10: I'm only giving it 9 because it was quite sophisticated, and at times - difficult for me to follow.It tells the story of 3 African American teenagers, they are "nerds", very not-tough, trying to survive through high school in a very violent predominantly black neighborhood and get accepted to college. What struck me at first was the intense black-upon-black violence in this neighborhood - but this is only the backdrop to this movie, and I'd have tuned out if it hadn't evolved.The lead character finds that following a gang shooting he's had heroin and a gun dropped into his schoolbag (which he discovers while going through the school metal detector, ho ho!). These 3 teens have to practically run for their lives, And the main character (who knows NOTHING about drug dealing) has to concoct a plan to sell the stash for a profit.Also, I liked that this was nearly an all black cast film: and a really good one.Bizarre stuff - was worth my time.

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dexton-84908

OK, there's a hell of a lot right with this film but it does also just stray off the rails a bit in places. Basically, I felt it got a bit silly in parts but that didn't really spoil the whole. The best thing(s) though are the three friends, especially Shameik Moore - he's so watchable it's untrue. Also Kiersey Clemons just charms the camera to death!Classic old school hiphop makes the film more enjoyable, and it's a feelgood way of spending 90 minutes.A bass in ya face 7 straight outta 10 from me

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peefyn

The acting, the soundtrack, the setting, the plot and the comedy were all great in this movie. It had its slow moments, but mostly the story keeps racing on in a thrilling pace. I do wish that there had been more actual 90s rap in this movie, for reasons that are obvious if you have seen the movie, but I did like the soundtrack they wound up using too.The ending lends itself to a good discussion. The moral of the story seems to be a bit darker than what really fits the rest of the picture, where the main character has to make some choices to get what he wants, because of the circumstances he is in. Now, this could be seen as him facing reality, looking away from his own world view - and that is how I prefer to look at it. But it could easily also be seen as him giving up his ideals, and getting pressured into doing what's expected from him (in some sense, I am being very vague here so that it can't be considered a spoiler).

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2fresh 2clean

"Dope" is alright but it could have been better. Because I grew up in a time when Hip Hop was really Hip Hop I was very interested in seeing what this film had to offer since it is a film about an inner city youth who emulates the styles of 80's and 90's Hip Hop and who tries to survive the gangs and drugs of the hoods of Los Angeles. In fact after seeing the trailer I was kind of excited and itching to see this film but when I finally saw it my expectations fell a little short, not so short to where I didn't enjoy the film just short enough for me to knock one star off of its rating. The premise and the story-line are good but a bit simple but I do like the message the films gives about making the right choices in life. The performances in this film are OK they're not anything Oscar worthy. As for the comedic side of this film, there were some funny parts but there were a lot of parts that were meant to be funny but in my opinion they were not funny. I see this a lot in some "hood" comedies. Of course with the drama it was the usual geek likes girl, geek gets girl at the end kind of film. But I'm not complaining. If the writers of this film had tried a little harder I think this film would have been a little bit better, not saying that they did a bad job because they didn't. Like I said before, it's not as good as I thought it would be but it's not bad at all.

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