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Name: Blow
Released: 2001-4-6
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens

Blow

R
2h 4m
2001

56%

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Johnny Depp stars as George Jung, an average small-town American boy who pursues the American Dream his way--becoming the first American to import cocaine to the United States on a large scale, exposing college kids, high-paid professionals and the Hollywood glitterati to a new, hipper form of high. Sleeping, breathing and eating money, Jung lives a fantastic, no-rules life many have dreamed about. How did a typical boy next door become Pablo Escobar's right-hand man during the 1970s and '80s? The inside story of George Jung's rise and fall, the illicit flights, ruthless negotiations and brutal executions, are revealed in the riveting Blow.

Director:

Ted Demme

Producer:

Ted Demme, Denis Leary, Joel Stillerman

Writer:

David McKenna, Nick Cassavetes

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, Ray Liotta, Max Perlich, Jordi Mollà, Cliff Curtis, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Gage, Tony Amendola, Jesse James, Emma Roberts, Dan Ferro, Bobcat Goldthwait, Miguel Perez, Michael Tucci

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

56%

Critics 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.

Reviews

Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada)

Michael D. Reid

Director Ted Demme's colorful, vividly evocative biopic about the rise and fall of one-time American coke kingpin George Jung recalls the energy and period stylism of other blasts to the past.

Although Depp has little range, he's acceptable in the lead - a source of calm and emotional steadiness, which contrasts the nervousness and paranoia of his associates.

The first half of Blow is a shallow but lively fun ride; the audience gets a contact high. But when George's fortunes start to go from bad to worse, so does the movie.

This is one of the few drug movies where you actually feel a little sorry for the drug-dealing coke-infested lead character.

Uneven drug trade story has explicit drug use.

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