Wow. Eddie Murphy is terrific in this wonderful bio-pic of Rudy Ray Moore, who, in character as Dolemite, did stand-up comedy, rapping, and eventually made “blaxploitation” movies in the 1960s-70s. Excellent supporting cast members include Craig Robinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Tituss Burgess, Mike Epps, Wesley Snipes, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Lady Reed. Don't miss the cameos from Snoop Dogg and Chris Rock.
Directed by Craig Brewer from a script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, it had a short theatrical release and is now on Netflix. It can be classified as dramedy because it's very funny but has quite the story.
Composer Scott Bomar's original music probably won't be remembered because of all the songs, at least three of which are performed by Robinson.
The Dunbar Hotel exteriors were shot outside the actual Dunbar Hotel in LA.
Murphy was last blogged for Tower Heist, Robinson for Morris from America, Key for Toy Story 4, Snipes for Major League and Chi-Raq, Rock for Top Five, Brewer for The Legend of Tarzan, Alexander and Karaszewski for Big Eyes. Burgess is best know to me for 51 episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Randolph is Tony-nominated and no stranger to screens big and small.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics average 97% and its audiences 91. Rated R for a lot of raunch. At the end you'll see clips from the actual movies made by Moore. Don't leave!
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