''Dope'' is a 2015 American
coming-of-age
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comedy-drama film
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written and directed by
Rick Famuyiwa
Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is an American director, producer and screenwriter of productions including ''The Wood'' (1999), ''Brown Sugar'' (2002), '' Talk to Me'' (2007), '' Dope'' (2015), and ''Confirmation'' (2016). His films have bee ...
and produced by
Forest Whitaker
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and
Nina Yang Bongiovi
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. It stars
Shameik Moore,
Tony Revolori
Anthony Revolori ( Quiñonez; born April 28, 1996) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zero Moustafa in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), for which he was nominated for numerous acting awards, and Flash Thompson in the Mar ...
,
Kiersey Clemons
Kiersey Nicole Clemons (born December 17, 1993) is an American actress. She is known for her role in the 2015 comedy-drama film '' Dope'', playing Cassandra "Diggy" Andrews. Subsequently, she went on to co-star in '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ...
,
Kimberly Elise
Kimberly Elise Trammel (born April 17, 1967) is an American film and television actress. She made her feature film debut in '' Set It Off'' (1996), and later received critical acclaim for her performance in ''Beloved'' (1998).
During her career, ...
,
Chanel Iman
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Early life
Iman was born in Atla ...
,
Tyga
Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson[Micheal Ray Stevenson ...](_blank)
,
Blake Anderson
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,
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and model. She made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film '' No Reservations'' (2007). Her breakthrough came with portraying Angel Salvadore in the superhero fi ...
, and
ASAP Rocky
Rakim Athelaston Mayers (born October 3, 1988), known professionally as ASAP Rocky ( ; stylized as A$AP Rocky), is an American rapper, music producer and record executive. Born and raised in Harlem, he embarked on his musical career as a membe ...
. The film was also executive produced by
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...
and co-executive produced by
Sean Combs
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.
The film premiered at the
2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2015 in
Park City, Utah
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and was released in North America on June 19 by
Open Road Films
Open Road Films, LLC (formerly Global Road Entertainment from 2017 to 2018) is an American film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Eric Hohl on March 26, 2011 as a joint venture between the t ...
.
It was re-released on September 4 during the
Labor Day
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holiday weekend. The film received positive reviews and was a moderate commercial success, grossing $18 million over a $7 million budget.
Plot
Malcolm Adekanbi and his best friends, Jib and Diggy, are high school "
geek
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s" living in "The Bottoms," a high-crime neighborhood in
Inglewood, California
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. They idolize 90's hip hop music and fashion. Malcolm is confident he will be admitted to his dream school,
Harvard University
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, but his
school counselor
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is skeptical and suggests he take an interview with local businessman and Harvard alumnus, Austin Jacoby.
While biking home, Malcolm is stopped by Dom, a drug dealer who instructs him to invite a girl named Nakia to his party. Malcolm charms Nakia, who tells him she will only accept if Malcolm goes as well. Jib and Diggy accompany Malcolm to the party, where Dom’s purchase of high-grade, powdered
molly is interrupted by an armed gang, and several people are shot. Malcolm escapes as the police arrive, unaware that Dom has hidden the drugs and a gun in his backpack. Nakia drives Malcolm home, and he offers to help her with her
GED
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.
The next day, Malcolm discovers the drugs, gun, and an
iPhone. An unknown caller reveals that he knows Malcolm's identity and instructs him to turn over the drugs. After school, Malcolm prepares to hand over the drugs when he receives a call from Dom, in custody, who tells Malcolm not to give the drugs to the other caller. He texts Malcolm an address and tells him to ask for AJ.
Malcolm, Jib and Diggy flee to the address, chased by the unknown caller, and are greeted by Jaleel and his sister Lily. Since AJ, their father, isn't home, Jaleel invites them inside their mansion and takes Jib and Diggy out for food, while Lily seduces Malcolm, finds the drugs and takes a heavy dose. Intoxicated, Lily passes out while driving Malcolm to his interview before urinating on a bush while bystanders record, and Malcolm drives her car to the meeting himself.
Arriving at Jacoby's office, he notices photos of Dom, Lily, and Jaleel and realizes Jacoby is AJ. Malcolm relays Dom's instructions to Jacoby, who denies any knowledge and implies that the contents of the bag are now Malcolm's responsibility. Jacoby reschedules the interview, warning Malcolm that if he has not sold the drugs by then, he will not receive Jacoby’s recommendation to Harvard.
Malcolm, Jib and Diggy seek help from hacker Will Sherwood, who sets up an online black-market website to sell the drugs through
Bitcoin
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transactions, which soon goes viral. The three friends enroll in a
Google Science Fair
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project to access the school lab and computer room, where they can sell the drugs to the various buyers. Even though no one suspects them, they almost get caught one day during a routine police search. This episode frightens Jib who wants to leave, but eventually accepts to go on to finish the sales.
Malcolm helps Nakia study, and she opens up to him, but he accuses her of being sent by Dom and pushes her away. The next day, Malcolm asks Will to extract cash from the Bitcoins, and arranges a meeting with a money-laundering gangster named Fidel. Malcolm leaves the meeting with a bag of cash, but is assaulted by the school bully, who takes the bag. Desperate, Malcolm pulls out the gun, retrieving the money and earning the bully's respect.
Returning to AJ's office, Malcolm tells Jacoby that he has sold the drugs but has left a trail leading to Jacoby – unless Jacoby gets him admitted to Harvard, Malcolm will transfer the Bitcoins to Jacoby's checking account, incriminating Jacoby for the sale and leading to his arrest. Later Malcolm types his college application essay, describing two students – Student A is a music geek who plays in a punk band and gets straight As, while Student B suffers in the hood and makes money in immoral ways. He asks, "Which student do you think I am?"
Malcolm gets a modern haircut and waits for Nakia at
prom
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, but she does not show. Later, Nakia meets Malcolm at his home and thanks him for helping her pass her GED, giving him a pass to
Six Flags
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and kissing him on the cheek. He returns to his room to find a
letter
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* Letterform, the graphic form of a letter of the alphabe ...
from Harvard on his bed. He opens it and
looks at the audience before smiling.
Cast
*
Shameik Moore as Malcolm Adekanbi
*
Tony Revolori
Anthony Revolori ( Quiñonez; born April 28, 1996) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zero Moustafa in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), for which he was nominated for numerous acting awards, and Flash Thompson in the Mar ...
as James "Jib" Caldones
*
Kiersey Clemons
Kiersey Nicole Clemons (born December 17, 1993) is an American actress. She is known for her role in the 2015 comedy-drama film '' Dope'', playing Cassandra "Diggy" Andrews. Subsequently, she went on to co-star in '' Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ...
as Cassandra "Diggy" Andrews
*
Kimberly Elise
Kimberly Elise Trammel (born April 17, 1967) is an American film and television actress. She made her feature film debut in '' Set It Off'' (1996), and later received critical acclaim for her performance in ''Beloved'' (1998).
During her career, ...
as Lisa Hayes
*
Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman Robinson (formerly Shepard) (born December 1, 1990) is an American model best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angel. ''Vogue Paris'' declared her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.
Early life
Iman was born in Atla ...
as Lily Jacoby
*
Blake Anderson
Blake Raymond Anderson (born March 2, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer. Beginning in 2006, Anderson helped create and join the sketch-comedy troupe Mail Order Comedy, which produced online videos ...
as Will Sherwood
*
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Isabella Kravitz (born December 1, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and model. She made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film '' No Reservations'' (2007). Her breakthrough came with portraying Angel Salvadore in the superhero fi ...
as Nakia
*
ASAP Rocky
Rakim Athelaston Mayers (born October 3, 1988), known professionally as ASAP Rocky ( ; stylized as A$AP Rocky), is an American rapper, music producer and record executive. Born and raised in Harlem, he embarked on his musical career as a membe ...
as Dom
*
Lakeith Stanfield as Marquis "Bug"
*
Rick Fox
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People
*Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name
*Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality
*Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...
as Councilman Blackmon
*
Amin Joseph
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as The Voice
*
Tyga
Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson[Micheal Ray Stevenson ...](_blank)
as De'Andre
*
Roger Guenveur Smith
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Early life
Smith was born on July 27, 1955 in Berkeley, California, the son of Helen Guenveur, a dentist, and ...
as Austin Jacoby
*
De'Aundre Bonds
De'Aundre Bonds is an American actor.
Career
Bonds has mostly appeared as a guest actor on television shows; however, he was also featured in the Spike Lee film ''Get on the Bus'', in ''Tales from the Hood'' and in the Rick Famuyiwa film ''The Wo ...
as Stacey, the school security guard, reprising his character from ''
The Wood
''The Wood'' is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Rick Famuyiwa and starring Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones and Taye Diggs. It was written by Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd.
Plot
Roland is getting married and is currently missing. ...
''
*
Quincy Brown
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as Jaleel Jacoby
*
Kap-G as Micheal Fidel
*
Vince Staples
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Staples rose to pr ...
as a member of Dom's Crew
*
Casey Veggies
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as rapper
*
Wyking Jones
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as Proctor
*
Forest Whitaker
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as the Narrator
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the film, ''Dope (Music from the Motion Picture)'', was released by
i am OTHER Entertainment and
Columbia Records
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on June 16, 2015.
# "
Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
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" –
Digable Planets
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# "Can't Bring Me Down" – Awreeoh
# "
The World is Yours" (feat.
Pete Rock
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) –
Nas
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** Nas Air ( ...
# "Go Ahead" – Awreeoh
# "
Rebel Without a Pause
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"Rebel Wi ...
" –
Public Enemy
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# "Don't Get Deleted" – Awreeoh
# "
Scenario
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" (feat.
Leaders of the New School
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) –
A Tribe Called Quest
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# "Cocaina Shawty" –
Kap G
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Early life
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# "Poppin Off" –
WatchTheDuck
# "
The Humpty Dance
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" –
Digital Underground
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# "New Money" –
Buddy
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# "
Hip Hop Hooray
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" –
Naughty by Nature
# "Dirty Feeling" –
LolaWolf
# "
Home is Where the Hatred Is" –
Gil Scott-Heron
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# "It's My Turn Now" – Awreeoh
# "Know What I Want"–
Kali Uchis
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Release
''Dope'' debuted in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category at the
2015 Sundance Film Festival, which started on January 22, 2015 in
Park City, Utah
Park City is a city in Utah, United States. The vast majority is in Summit County, and it extends into Wasatch County. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City' ...
.
At the festival, the film received offers from at least six production companies and film studios before its rights were sold to
Open Road Films
Open Road Films, LLC (formerly Global Road Entertainment from 2017 to 2018) is an American film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Eric Hohl on March 26, 2011 as a joint venture between the t ...
(who distributed the film domestically) and
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
(who distributed the film internationally) for a reported $7 million plus $20 million for marketing and promotion. It was selected to close the
Directors' Fortnight
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section at the
2015 Cannes Film Festival
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.
It was released in the United States on June 19, 2015. In September 2015, the film competed in the
2015
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Deauville American Film Festival
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It was established by Lionel Cho ...
where it won the ''Prix du Public'' (Audience Award).
Reception
Box office
''Dope'' grossed $6.1 million in its opening weekend, finishing 5th at the box office behind ''
Jurassic World'' ($106.6 million), ''
Inside Out'' ($90.4 million), ''
Spy
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'' ($11.2 million) and ''
San Andreas'' ($8.7 million). At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed just shy of $18 million worldwide.
Critical response
''Dope'' received positive reviews from critics. On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film holds a rating of 89%, based on 150 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Featuring a starmaking performance from Shameik Moore and a refreshingly original point of view from writer-director Rick Famuyiwa, ''Dope'' is smart, insightful entertainment." On
Metacritic
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, the film has a score of 72 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by
CinemaScore
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Background
Ed Mintz founded Ci ...
gave the film an "A−" grade.
''
The Guardian
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'' gave the film five stars out of five, describing the entire cast as "revolutionary."
IGN
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awarded it 7 out of 10, saying "Comedy, romance, drama and crime rub shoulders in entertaining coming-of-age flick."
See also
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List of black films of the 2010s
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*
List of hood films
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