Leave after 90 minutes and you'll love it

Rating: 7/10 (8 April 2001)

Blow is a rather good film until about 2/3 of the way in. It's stylish, well-paced and thoroughly engaging. But then it takes a major dive. The problem isn't so much with the story, but rather with the presentation of it. It's just completely unbalanced, losing it's pace and direction in that last third. Granted, it's based on a true story, but that's no excuse for the dull, s-l-o-w, hum-drum final scenes director Ted Demme throws at us.