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- Marco Albanese @ Stanze di Cinema [Italian]
- Excerpt: Arrivato alla Quinzaine direttamente dal Sundance, il quinto film del regista di origini nigeriane Rick Famuyiwa e’ una commedia scatenata, nella migliore tradizione del cinema indie americano.
- [New – 2/12/16] | Sean Axmaker @ Stream On Demand
- Excerpt: Dope (2015), a quirky tale of life in the Inglewood hood for three high school geeks with a passion of nineties hip-hip, is lively, snappy, and great fun, even with the threat of violence hanging over them throughout their strange adventure.
- Chris Barsanti @ PopMatters
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Moore, in his “House Party” high top fade, grounds the film as the nice, unassuming young man whose ingenuity paired with a useful buddy from band camp squeezes him through some hilarious scrapes.
- Jim Dixon @ Examiner.com
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Dope is interesting to observe as a movie that takes a relatively simple idea and overburdens it with a few too many plot points, characters, and/or thematic concerns.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk Online
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Taw and raucous, it’s an irreverent riff on the duality of race relations in America.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Life is a series of choices and not everyone is faced with the same ones. Still it’s hard to hang your hat on a movie where the apparent moral is “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em”.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: A refreshing summer break from robots and superheroes, sequels and reboots, “Dope” is, indeed, dope — and the good kind.
- Oktay Kozak @ DVD Talk
- Dan Lybarger @ ArkansasOnline.com
- Excerpt: Much of the appeal of Dope is that it doesn’t fit neatly into any particular category.
- Jared Mobarak @ Jared Mobarak Reviews
- Excerpt: It’s a star-making turn for Moore with the perfect mix of indie quirk and authentic emotion necessary to carry a story that cuts from a gangbanger holding up a city bus to an out-of-her-mind girl (Chanel Iman) from the Hills urinating in front of a coffee shop wearing nothing but a robe. Famuyiwa ensures we’re never bored of the comedy, drama, or adventure by weaving everything together in a believably contrived fashion his characters own upon realizing it simultaneously alongside us.
- Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
- Kristy Puchko @ Spinoff, Pajiba
- Excerpt: “Dope” dares to be different, and pays off big thanks, to a sensational cast, irreverent brand of humor, spirited tone and challenging purpose. Simply put, “Dope” lives up to its name in the best way possible.
- Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: A brisk, funny tale in neo-Hughes mode…energetic and quick.
- Sarah Ward @ Concrete Playground
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