Does the movie make us care? Not really, which is the movie's basic problem.
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Blow (2001)
54 %
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Reviews Counted: 131
Fresh: 71
Rotten:60
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus: With elements that seem borrowed from movies like Goodfellas and Boogie Nights, Blow is pretty much been-there-done-that despite another excellent performance from Johnny Depp. It, also, becomes too sentimental at the end.
Theatrical Release: Apr 6, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $52,765,901
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Molla, Franka Potente
Director: Ted Demme
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Reviews for Blow
Comes off like a flamboyant cartoon, another film about the deglamorization of glamorous people living it up in the glamorous world of drugs.
09/16/07
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04/27/07
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06/24/06
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Johnny Depp stars and, despite some pretty awful makeup, nails his performance as George Jung.
05/26/06
Rambling and confused, the film shows much concern for plot and not enough for characterization, particularly in second half which unfolds as a catalog of events. Misdirected, the usually reliable Depp gives a confused and scattered performance.
04/29/06
Top Critic Tiene una edición maravillosa, la fotografía es notable y la dirección bien lograda.
02/20/05
A worthy companion to Traffic, which isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, either.
01/10/05
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08/27/03
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12/16/02
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10/21/02
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10/15/02
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09/26/02
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