The pros and MAJOR cons to cocaine is all in this movie

Rating: 8/10 (15 April 2001)

This is a true story about George Jung, a 'high on life' drug dealer in the late 60s, all 70s, and most 80s. And drugs, partying, and avoiding the FEDS was what George did for those 30 years.

The movie starts out in Massachusetts where young George is growing up in the loving arms of his father Fred (Ray Liotta) and with his money- grubbing mother(Rachel Griffiths), who thinks money is what counts and matters. Because of her, George's outlook on life is to never go broke and to make money any way he can. Which he does.
He moves out to California. He meets Barbara(Franka Potente) a pot-smoking stewardess, who he falls in love with, he starts selling marijuana with the help of a gay hairdresser Derek Foreal(Paul Reubens), makes a gang of money, gets sent to jail,and meets his cellmate, Eduardo (Jordi Molla), who opens the world of cocaine to George. They get out. They sell. Time goes by. The two friends get loaded with more money than they ever dreamed. George then meets Mirtha (Penelope Cruz), an "irresistible", coke-snorting, Colombian. They get married. They have a daughter. Life couldn't have gotten any better. Which of course, held true. The moral to George's story is basically 'what goes around comes around' but more complex, with a twist, and kilos of cocaine.
I thought this was an excellent movie. Depp, Liotta, Reubens, and Griffiths played out their characters really well. And Cruz was a disappointment but AT TIMES was able to convince me, on her part. I just think she didn't deserve second billing. And to ME, the moral to this story is, don't marry a b**** (it'll screw up your life). You'll see what i mean if you see this movie. It's really good.