Falling into biographical boredom

Rating: 6/10 (17 August 2001)

I suppose the only reason, why I found so many comparisons to "Traffic" among the user comments here, is that both movies deal with drugs. That's all they have in common because the way they deal with the topic and the attitude to it is completely different. And: "Traffic" tells a bunch of more or less fictitious stories whereas "Blow" is a biography.
In the first half of the movie, I liked the acting, I liked the directing, it was a fast entertaining film and the fact it was a true story only made it more impressive. Later on, not abruptly but slowly, "Blow" takes over that usual slight boredom of biographies. That's a pity because it might make us forget the movie quite soon but on the other hand, what did we expect? Real lifes don't have a screenplay. They are not always dramatically ideal. Still, we should tell them authentically.
At last, I can add one more chapter to "Don't let young actors play old people". How old is Johnny Depp? How old is Ray Liotta? Sorry, I tried very hard but I was unable to imagine that Liotta is Depp's son, although this time the make-up, especially both their "beer-bellies" were quite all right.