Dolemite Is My Name

Watch: Dolemite Is My Name

10/4/20191h 58m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Make your own legend ~

Overview:

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

Director:

Craig Brewer

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Key words:

movie business
1970s
comedian
biography
based on true story
blaxploitation cinema
filmmaking
complex
bold

Cast

Eddie Murphy

~ as ~

Rudy Ray Moore

Wesley Snipes

~ as ~

D’Urville Martin

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

~ as ~

Lady Reed

Keegan-Michael Key

~ as ~

Jerry Jones

Mike Epps

~ as ~

Jimmy Lynch

Craig Robinson

~ as ~

Ben Taylor

Tituss Burgess

~ as ~

Theodore Toney

Kodi Smit-McPhee

~ as ~

Nick von Sternberg

Snoop Dogg

~ as ~

Roj

Ron Cephas Jones

~ as ~

Rico

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 1 year(s) ago
9
'Dolemite Is My Name' is terrific.

I did find the opening 30-40 minutes to be lesser, still perfectly good but just nothing all that noteworthy. However, the following 60-80 minutes is top notch, I found it thoroughly entertaining. Eddie Murphy is great fun, while Da'Vine Joy Randolph stars behind the aforementioned. Wesley Snipes is amusing too.

Gotta check out the original Dolemite movie at some point, intrigued to see how it'll translate as a film on its own footing. This 2019 flick portrays the making of that 1975 flick in very enjoyable fashion. The pacing is perfection and the comedic elements are certainly humorous. Well worth watching.