One Word....."Sensational"

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2001)

Exceptional. This movie was excellent. I say this for many reasons. One being is that I read the book by Bruce Porter before seeing it, and I was so into the book that I would be up 'til 3 a.m. reading. I just couldn't put it down. Another reason is that this is a true story, unlike "Scarface", although I'm not taking anything away from that, it is one of my all-time favorite movies. And "Goodfellas" another one of my favorites, but "Goodfellas" isn't a drug movie, although it deals with drugs, it is a mob movie based on the life of Henry Hill. "Blow" was based on George Jung's life, I mean like it or not this is the man who brought in 85% of the cocaine into the country.
I saw the movie twice, because there were parts that I needed to see again because you just couldn't believe that one man did this. I think Ted Demme did an EXCELLENT job telling the story. The characters were exactly as the book had them. Depp did a great job as "George Jung" and all the others were fantastic. The movie had some slow points, but you have to ask yourself, IS my life totally exciting 365 days a year, 24 hrs a day. Everyone's life has ups and downs. This movie is a MUST SEE if you want a real TRUE STORY.
Great job to Ted Demme and all the actors and people who participated in this movie.