very touching

Rating: 9/10 (21 July 2003)

This movie's title should be something like 'The man who got
screwed over by all his friends except one or two.'
I found Blow very touching and well-made. Touching because it is
a real story, and because it is very personal.
As a child, George vows to have a lot of money because he's seen
his mother's reaction to his father's financial failures. Ironically he
ends up marrying someone whose reaction is just as bad in the
same situation. Is he blaming his mother for everything? I don't
think so, but we can all relate to something similar. This is very
much a movie about family and relationships, more so than a
movie about drugs. It shows how far greed can take people and
what it can turn them into.
The acting was great. Even Penelope Cruz and Ray Liotta are
great. The first five minutes though are hard because we have to
get used to Johnny Depp's horrible Jon Bon Jovi hairdo. Later we
have to shield our eyes from some of his clothes, but I guess all
that comes with the territory of being a millionaire in the 70's.