DIRECTOR: Rick Famuyiwa STARRING: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Rakim Mayers, Blake Anderson, Bruce Beatty, Zoë Kravitz, De’aundre Bonds, Julian Brand, Quincy Brown, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise USA 2015
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Cheerful and smart, Rick Famuyiwa coming-of-age teen movie totally justifies the hype. It’s not very often that nowadays we can blend comedy with a political-social punch on it without any kind of fear of sounding predictable. Featuring an impressive performance from Shameik Moore, Dope is a fresh indie-geeky take, that dares and is different, somehow between the Pineapple Express mess, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off slackerness and Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever political agenda. A critical hit and audience favorite out of the Sundance, Dope is a full time adventure into surviving, party, dope, planning the future, being a geek and trying to avoid trouble in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles.