Excruatingly boring story of a real life Drug dealer George Jung.

Rating: 4/10 (10 May 2010)

Blow is a movie I just couldn't get into due to the sheer boredom it provided me with. I am a big Johnny Depp fan, and I love real life influenced movies, but this one dragged along like torture. It starts off well with George telling us a bit of his childhood and how he considered his dad his hero, but it's slowly downhill from there. In order to make a great biopic, you need an engrossing story, and the proper actors for the movie. Johnny Depp did good, but It's not one of his best performances.
Performances. Johnny Depp is good, but not great. The role requires him to be great, but the script isn't able to pull that off for him. Penélope Cruz is billed as a top star, but really doesn't appear until well later into the movie. Franka Potente did well in her short time. Rachel Griffiths looks to young to be playing Johnny's mother, but her character certainly did it's job. Ray Liotta is a class act as usual, and it was nice to see him play a nice guy for once.
Bottom line. Blow wasn't my kind of movie, in fact it's a huge disappointment in my opinion. Biopics need to be engaging, and this one is far from engaging. Depp fanatics might wanna check it out, as for people who are fascinated by George Jung, others needn't bother.
4/10