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March 31st, 2008 by
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Seeing his family struggle for money his whole youth, George Jung plans to make a different life for himself. And he soon finds smuggling weed is going to get it. But times change and the 70’s is all about cocaine. Changing his business model to the white substance, George is making more than he can count. But his daemons are closing up on him and they are about to go into a higher gear. | ||||||||
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I like to search for new movies by director. Authors, the type who put their stamp onto a movie, have a low failure rate. If you like their movies, there's a big chance you'll like their new movie too. But checking for the director of Blow, I found the director probably did a couple of blows too much himself.
And I think his relation with the powder shines trough in this movie. Showing the good and the bad days. Understanding what this man, George Jung, went trough. As a user and a father himself. And not only helped by some great performances, but also by a soundtrack I can play over and over. It may not be the best study of the drugs industry. It might not be the best biopic ever made. But it's one hell of an entertaining casual popcorn! And have a coke while you're at it. | ||||||||
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I saw this movie some time ago, and I thought it was great. This is one of the few movies about drug dealers that I actually like, a few others are Scarface, New Jack City, and Sugar Hill.
I love this movie! I flipped it on one Saturday because there was nothing else on and ended up sitting for hours in front of the tv, not moving. This movie rocks.
Mommie
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Great movie!!!
[...] Blow is closing this month’s top 10. People that liked it probably weren’t blow-lovers [...]
I freaking love this movie. I love Johnny Depp and this movie was no exception to his streak of movies I love.