Dough (film) explained

Dough is a 2015 British-Hungarian stoner comedy film directed by John Goldschmidt and written by Jonathan Benson and Jez Freedman released to mixed to negative critic reviews.

Plot

Nat Dayan, the owner of a Jewish bakery, hires Muslim African immigrant Ayyash Habimana to work in the shop. Ayyash drops marijuana into the dough to hide it, but then the marijuana gets mixed in — and then things really start cooking...

Cast

• Jonathan Pryce as Nat Dayan – Baker
• Jerome Holder as Ayyash Habimama – Apprentice
• Philip Davis as Sam Cotton – Competitor
• Ian Hart as Victor Gerrard – Drug dealer
• Pauline Collins as Joanna Silverman – Lady friend
• Andrew Ellis as Lucas – Friend
• Malachi Kirby as Shaun – Friend
• Natasha Gordon as Safa Habimama – Mother
• Melanie Freeman as Olivia Dayan – Granddaughter

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a score of 53% based on 60 reviews.^[1] Robbie Collin of Daily Telegraph reading; "Neither the social realism nor the stoner antics feel sufficiently thought-through, making Dough the definition of half-baked".^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dough . . June 4, 2024 .
2. Web site: Dough - Movie Reviews . . November 29, 2024 .