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Blow Details

2001 Certificate 18
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  • 70
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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 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
Director Ted Demme
Genres Drama

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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 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
Director Ted Demme
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 58 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 19 Nov 2001
Blu-ray: unknown
Production year: 2001
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (6) of Blow

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    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.

    • Radio Times
  • 1 stars out of 4

    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.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 7 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    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.

      • Rob from Essex, England
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  • 5 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    1star just for Johnny

    I only watched this movie because of Johnny Depp. He looks good as always but this film is not good. I couldn't wait the end. The story isn't flowing and characters are boring. If it is not for Johnny then don't bother.

      • Nesli Yilmaz from London
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Rating breakdown

13,831 Member ratings
  • 100
1,392
  • 90
1,365
  • 80
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  • 70
2,798
  • 60
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  • 50
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  • 40
751
  • 30
397
  • 20
240
  • 10
111

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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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      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 ...