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Blow
2001
George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business expands into shipping drugs across .. Read more
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens |
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| Director | Ted Demme |
| Genres | Drama |
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Blow
George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business expands into shipping drugs across the country. Needing a bigger supply of drugs, he travels to Columbia and meets Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis). Before long, George becomes the biggest trafficker of cocaine in the United States. In BLOW, director Ted Demme and scriptwriters Nick Cassevetes and David McKenna chart George's strange course into a world of girls and sun, drugs and fun. It's all so easy until events change George's life forever.
Depp gives one of his best performances as George, instilling the character with a complicated mixture of emotions. For the supporting roles, Demme's eccentric casting includes German actress Franka Potente as George's girlfriend; Spanish actress Penelope Cruz as his wife; Australian actress Rachel Griffiths (who in real life is five years younger than Depp) as his withering mother; and Paul Reubens (in an excellent performance) as a hairdresser-cum-drug dealer.
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens |
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| Director | Ted Demme |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 19 Nov 2001 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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The rise and fall of the seventies' biggest cocaine importer, George Jung, is charted in Ted Demme's vivid biopic. Johnny Depp lends his usual affable charm to his portrayal of the naive entrepreneur who gets in way over his head. There's also a clutch of fine characterisations from the likes of Paul Reubens as a camp hairdresser cum dealer, and Ray Liotta and Rachel Griffiths as Jung's parents. Aside from a certain predictability in Jung's slippery slope, the film's weakness lies in the unbalanced pacing and direction; it opens with bags of exuberant energy, then hits the brakes in a monotonous second half. The period details are outstanding though, with particular praise reserved for Depp's spectacular range of bad-hair days.
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Fitfully interesting drama, based on a true story, that sets a hectic pace its cast can hardly keep up with; it's a mad dash through pop culture, bland in texture before it stumbles to a halt.
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Sell weed, do time, sell coke, make money, live life - Blow
Jonny Depp plays the role perfectly as per usual. An interesting true story of life, family, drugs, smuggling and decisions. Is it worth getting rich at any cost? A film that is both fast paced and exciting as well as thoughful and emotional. A great film well worth seeing.
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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Depp Shines
What is it about drug films, breaking the law that really give some meat to actors, from Pacino, De Niro and now Depp.
Strong supporting cast, Ray Liotta is on top form, based on a true story, it does emotionally invest you as Johnny Depp becomes this character. -
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George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on ... -
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Blow
George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ...
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