Release: Drawing Dion

Drawing Dion
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Talbot
Writer: Jimmy Ellis
Cast: Lakeith Stanfield, Miles Brown, Brian Tyree Henry, Jasper Pääkkönen, Ryan Eggold, John Magaro, Sunny Suljic, Alyssa Esposito






Budget: $10,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $18,409,113
Foreign Box Office: $11,245,957
Total Profit: $5,671,500

Reaction: The ceiling on a low budget drama like this is never going to be super high, while the floor is never going to be too low. With films like these, our biggest hope is usually for them to just break even, so we're certainly happy with a profit over $5 million.

"Drawing Dion is a simple film that functions as a small slice of life film. The flashbacks don't always connect fluidly with the present day story line, but they don't detract too much." - Olive Carroll, Houston Chronicle

"There's a lot to like about Drawing Dion. I really wanted to like it, but at the end of the day I just didn't feel like I could connect with the characters. Until the end, Dion still feels like too much of an enigma, even with the flashback sequences to his childhood." - Ken Decker, Denver Post

"Drawing Dion is a powerful character portrait about a troubled mind. Lakeith Stanfield is given a difficult role to play and he does his best, although the script doesn't always give him the best opportunities to connect with the audience." - Charles Triano, Los Angeles

Rated R for language, violence and thematic material