Depp Doesn't Blow

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2002)

Johnny Depp has become one of the best actors of our time. Blow's George Jung is yet another of the "quirky" roles he chooses; the guy becomes whoever he's portraying, better than any other actor I can think of working at this time. He changes his looks so completely for the characters he chooses to play that it's downright amazing sometimes, and a rare thing. The effort he puts into his acting shows. You won't see Harrison Ford or Bruce Willis playing the kinds of difficult to nail roles that Depp chooses to challenge himself with.
There are very few actors out there who can make an entire movie worth watching simply by being in it. Depp is one of these actors, and his portrayal of the drug running George Jung in Blow proves this point again. The movie, as a whole, has flaws and weak spots, but the character that Depp becomes so completely carries the show, as he has done in almost every movie he's been in. I can't believe the kid from 21 Jump Street was able to move from that cheesy role into such fine character acting as Depp has done. Bravo to him, and if you haven't seen it yet, go rent Blow simply to watch a stellar actor in his prime.