Dotty & Soul

Dotty & Soul is an 2022 American comedy film written and directed by Adam Saunders in his directorial debut. The Paramount+ with Showtime film stars Leslie Uggams, Saunders, David Koechner and Gary Owen. The film follows Ethan Cox (Saunders), the owner of a self-driving car company, who finds himself cancelled when his controversial Halloween costume grabs the attention of the public on social media and puts his career at risk. To mitigate the damage, he hires Dotty (Uggams), a 71-year-old snack cart vendor, as the company's new CEO.

Dotty & Soul
Directed byAdam Saunders
Written byAdam Saunders
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJay Visit
Edited byPeter CabadaHagan
Music byKathryn Bostic
Production
companies
Footprint Features, Azuspeak Productions
Distributed byQuiver Distribution
Release date
  • October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2022 San Diego International Film Festival in October 2022.[1] It was released on May 19, 2023, by Quiver Distribution.[2][3][4][5]

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 40% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10.[6]

Brittany Witherspoon from the Screen Rant gave the film a positive review, writing "The story and characters progress naturally, and the good film comes down to its execution by the cast and crew...To the surprise of no one, Deadpool’s Leslie Uggams is tremendous as Dotty and delivers a show stopping performance...Saunders feature length directorial debut is a confident one.” [1]

Film critic Avi Offer from the NYC Movie Guru in a mixed review, writes: "Dotty & Soul has two things going for it... First, there's Leslie Uggams' charismatic performance. The film comes alive the most whenever she's on screen. She deserves better material, though. " [7]

References
  1. Witherspoon, Patrice (October 24, 2022). "Dotty & Soul Review: Saunders' Timely Feature Debut Is Heartfelt & Humorous". ScreenRant.
  2. Grobar, Matt (February 17, 2023). "Price Productions Wraps On 'Mad Props' Doc; 'Dotty & Soul', 'Best Clown', 'The Pilgrim' Acquired; Lavine/Burns Prize Calls For Entries – Film Briefs".
  3. Roman, Julian (May 18, 2023). "Dotty & Soul Review: Preachy Cancel Culture Comedy Runs Thin". MovieWeb.
  4. "Leslie Uggams On "Dotty & Soul," Future Projects, Broadway & More". Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz.
  5. Grobar, Matt (May 5, 2023). "Fivel Stewart Joins 'Bellmount' Action Thriller; Well Go USA Acquires Johnny Strong's Military Action Thriller 'Warhorse One'; 'Dotty & Soul' Gets New Clip – Film Briefs".
  6. "Dotty & Soul | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  7. "Reviews for May 19th, 2023". nycmovieguru.com.
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