Blew

Rating: Null/10 (10 February 2003)

Haven't I seen this movie before? Male bonding through organized crime, a narration voice over, the soundtrack going nuts in the background, Ray Liotta...Yes, Goodfellas. Hollywood loves using the cookie cutter. This is a flashy expensive ripper, and somewhat enjoyable, but has some major defects. The casting is horrendous. Rachel Griffiths is just plain awful with her NY, or wherever the heck it's supposed to be, accent. Whatever happened to dialect coaching? Depp is good as usual, but his narration is too much like Liotta's Henry Hill. Both in delivery and content. Liotta is ok, but also terribly miscast. Could they not find a middle-aged actor to play the role of the stalwart Pop? Almost like they had to put him in the flick to complete the Goodfellas homage. And it's too long. What happened to reserving the 3-hour length for sweeping epics, and war movies? I couldn't take this for 2 let alone the full 3 hours in one sitting. There are better ways to spend one's time.