A critical hit and audience favorite out of the Sundance Film Festival, in DOPE, Malcolm (Shameik Moore) 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. (C) Open Road
“DOPE may be the perfect movie for the summer of 2015.” -Andrew O’Hehir, SALON.COM
“Shameik Moore gives a smashing breakout performance in a comedy of social expectation that plays like an exhilarating gift.” -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE