KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

ksmail-1 I'm really surprised by the high rating. I did not enjoy this movie at all.The scenes involving the main character and two other girls were painstakingly bad and unrealistic. I'm incredibly tired of Hollywood misrepresenting what the human courting process really looks like, and this movie gives a very clear example of what it does not look like. Like come on, the guy acts like the most shy and uncertain kid in the world and somehow the girls make all of the advances? Wake up.. who the hell let this stuff slide?It didn't really seem like a comedy. I honestly can't recall laughing, although I do admit it was slightly entertaining at times.It really felt like this movie was made for teenagers (like most movies these days.. unfortunately). If you're outside of this demographic you probably will not enjoy it that much.I didn't enjoy the "joke" of a white character bringing up the issue of the N word and how he uses it in a well intentioned manner just like the other characters, but despite it he is slapped for a second time when saying it, resulting in the hysterical laughing of the other characters. Was this honestly supposed to be funny? The white character actually had a good point. Either way it seemed incredibly racist.The one thing I liked about this movie was the music. That was like the one silver lining. I do not recommend this movie.

Jasper Apeldoorn Before jumping on the bandwagon of criticism, let me elaborate the first half hour of the movie. Started indifferent, but due to the use of 90's hip-hop, indie music and the aim to be 'not your typical hood movie' I began to grow an interest. Oh boy oh boy, I was in for a tough ride.The cast was decent, but needed something stronger. The character that hold my attention was Diggy (played by Kiersey Clemons) as a gay female growing up in the suburbs. Nevertheless, she didn't play an important role in the movie. Let me first talk about the main character, Malcolm (Shameik Moore). From all the actors one could choose, why him? He portrays characters so dull and it seems that his life has been sucked down the drain, just like Netflix's The Get Down. Don't get me wrong, the first season of the Get Down was a fun ride, but not thanks to of mister Shoalin Fantastic. His method of acting is, against my liking, amateurish. He comes of as an "actor" that has been plucked from the streets to star in a movie. He lacks a certain charisma for the big screen. This already puts his character, Malcolm, in a bad spot. A totally unbelievable movie with the wrong cast. The side-characters are fun, to a certain degree, but it needed a heavy weight.The main story sounds fun on paper, but is in fact poorly executed. It felt cringe worthy most of the time. Especially filling all the gaps in between dialogue with music. Every scene it starts off with a 'hip, cool, trendy' tune. It reminds me a lot of Tangerine (2015). However, this movie used music as a certain emotion that needed to be explained. Dope just used music, because... hey why not? Dope needed something better than the typical A-class student that needs to make a short- or long-term decision. The ending is totally obvious from the start of the movie. The dialogue was off as well. Let me package and summarise my point of critique with one question. Molly/MDMA/XTC gives you the best sex ever? I don't want to be vulgar, but everyone that ever used these substances knows sex isn't or at least barely doable when this chemical is surging throughout your body. However, all critique given, it was a meh film. I was able to sit through the entire movie. Do I recommend this movie? Not really, even though I know a lot of people that like the goal the movie is aiming for, but it just doesn't prove it.

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.

Fallen Eye A fresh film, with an inexplicably charming cast.Something about this movie is inspiring, and feels more real than just what's behind the camera.The score ranges from reminiscent to straight up, dope.The story, is a young man lost between the cracks, and finds a way to rise above, and write his name of that very wall. A young man who lost his place in the queue, but finally stood up, before it was too late, to fight for his turn.Malcolm was just a block of wood, and was forced into a situation where he'd have to carve himself into something that will define him forever... And from that 1 block, spawned more than just one design.Again, something about this movie hits hard. Is it the; "From the bottoms of bottoms, to the top of the top" or is it his journey and subsequent carpentry... I don't know... All I know is, the feeling this movie evokes, is Dope.A, 7.8/10.