| Blow Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| The drug-dealing business has been shown time and again on film in great detail
- it is a business that has shadowed American films as far back as Frank
Sinatra's heroin addiction in "The Man With the Golden Arm." The year 2000 saw
the interminable...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| In stark contrast to the hard-hitting TRAFFIC, which is constantly on
message, Ted Demme's BLOW takes an entertaining, soap opera approach to
the world of drug trafficking. more |
| Blow Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
| 'If you snorted coke in the late '70s there's an 85% chance it was mine,'
says George Jung (Johnny Depp). A disillusioned kid from Weymouth,
Massachusetts who moved to California with his buddy Tuna (Ethan Suplee,
"Road Trip") in the late sixties,...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott (Rating: 2.5/5) |
| Blow (2001)
Johnny Depp; Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths, Ray
Liotta, Paul Reubens, Jordi Molla, Max Perlich, Cliff Curtis, Ethan
Suplee, Emma Roberts. Screenplay by David McKenna, Nick Cassavetes;
based on the book, "Blow," by Bruce...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| It might seem like a potential Oscar contender, especially when compared to
the rest of the slop released so far this year, but Blow just doesn't
measure up to the similarly themed Traffic, or the sweeping scope of Boogie
Nights, which also featured a...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| BLOW (director: Ted Demme; screenwriters: from Bruce Porter's
biography on Jung/David McKenna/Nick Cassavetes; cinematographer:
Ellen Kuras; editor: Kevin Tent; cast: Johnny Depp (George Jung),
Penelope Cruz (Mirtha), Jordi Molla (Diego), Franka...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Robin Clifford |
| In the '60's George Jung (Johnny Depp) was a small-time pot dealer with big
ambitions. When a fateful arrest for possession of 640 pounds of marijuana,
and being finked on by his own mother, puts him in Federal prison, he meets
Diego Delgado (Jordi...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Ted Demme.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens,
Franka Potente, Ethan Suplee, Emma Roberts, Jordi Molla, Cliff Curtis, Bobcat
Goldthwait.
2001 - 120 minutes
Rated R (for violence, profanity, sexual...more |
| Blow Review |
| by SSG Syndicate |
| Susan Granger's review of "BLOW" (New Line Cinema)
Put this coke-drenched cautionary caper at the top of your "must see" list. Based on the true life story of George Jung, the first American to become one-man drug conduit, bringing...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
New Line Cinema
Director: Ted Demme
Writer: Bruce Porter (book), David McKenna
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Rachel Griffiths, Ray
Liotta, Franka Potente, Paul Reubens, Ethan Suplee, Cliff
Curtis, Lola Glaudini, Monet...more |
| Blow Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| PLOT:
George Jung is your typical middle-class kid from Massachusetts.
Unfortunately, he's got a bitchy mom but a nice dad. As a child, he
witnesses his father's struggles to make ends meet and grows up wanting more
out of his own life. As an adult,...more |
