Dotty & Soul

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Dotty & Soul

2022

1h 28m

Comedy

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Hot-shot entrepreneur Ethan Cox appears poised to sell his self-driving car company and make his investors filthy rich. But when his problematic Halloween costume gets tweeted, the ensuing social media firestorm nearly ends Ethan's career. Desperate to figure out a way forward, Ethan hatches a plan: he will hire 71-year-old snack cart vendor, Dotty, to pose as his company's figurehead, with Ethan still managing from behind the wings. But when Dotty decides to no longer play the straw man, and starts expressing opinions of her own, everything changes. A throwback comedy thematically reminiscent of TRADING PLACES, but firmly entrenched within the social media world of today, DOTTY & SOUL is a hilarious examination of authenticity, and how far any of us will go in our quest to become who we were always meant to be.

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Josh Bell

Crooked Marquee

05/23/2023

C

There's so much trainwreck potential in writer/director/star Adam Saunders' debut feature that it's almost disappointing how dull and treacly it turns out to be.

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Armond White

National Review

05/20/2023

This new political reality allows Uggams to translate her own personal career wisdom and frustration, giving Dotty & Soul more gravity than Saunders probably intended.

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Julian Roman

MovieWeb

05/19/2023

2.5/5

Dotty & Soul has heart and merit but broadcasts its intentions like an afterschool special. Thinly plotted characters spend the entire film proselytizing. It's loaded with humorous zingers but lacks substantive exposition.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

05/16/2023

Unfunny, witless and dull despite Leslie Uggams' charismatic and lively performance.

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Brittany Patrice Witherspoon

Screen Rant

04/28/2023

3/5

It’s clichéd and predictable, but Dotty & Soul is sincere in showing how people can learn from past mistakes when given time to put in the work.

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 07/08/2025

Leslie Uggams gives a representing voice regarding social classes that this film, of good intentions, coasts on with good ideas apart from her comedic bites – and maybe that’s all that matters, leaving everything else substantially flat and unfunnily pitiful. (B-)

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Alec B

@Alec97 03/04/2024

Leslie Uggams gives a performance that is too good for this movie

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KB B

@Okbullard 10/26/2023

It was just so so. I can't really recommend it.

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Hot-shot entrepreneur Ethan Cox appears poised to sell his self-driving car company and make his investors filthy rich. But when his problematic Halloween costume gets tweeted, the ensuing social media firestorm nearly ends Ethan's career. Desperate to figure out a way forward, Ethan hatches a plan: he will hire 71-year-old snack cart vendor, Dotty, to pose as his company's figurehead, with Ethan still managing from behind the wings. But when Dotty decides to no longer play the straw man, and starts expressing opinions of her own, everything changes. A throwback comedy thematically reminiscent of TRADING PLACES, but firmly entrenched within the social media world of today, DOTTY & SOUL is a hilarious examination of authenticity, and how far any of us will go in our quest to become who we were always meant to be.

Director: Adam Saunders
Producer: Adam Saunders, Avril Z. Speaks
Screenwriter: Adam Saunders
Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Production Co: Footprint Features
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 19, 2023
Runtime: 1h 28m

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