superb

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2001)

I know many people will accuse "Blow" of endorsing a typical criminal mentality. George Jung is continually portraying himself as a hapless victim of circumstance or society, a victim. However, I think this movie is intensely powerful--indeed almost tragic--if one tries to ignore the autobiography that inspired it. As a narrative, "Blow" is heartrending: the story of a man who makes extremely poor choices, a man whose potential ends in failure and disappointment. You will feel sorry for George not because everyone else has screwed him, but because he has screwed himself.