Product: Blow [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 4.0
Depp Excellent But Plays A Loser
Johnny Depp is excellent playing dope-dealer George Jung who despite making millions of dollars ended up penniless and in a Federal prison until 2015, plus was abandoned by his wife and daughter. While the script doesn't portray George as a hero it constantly distorts the truth. For example, early in the film, after George is busted in Chicago with 660 pounds of marijuana, he skips bail supposedly to be with his then girlfriend who allegedly was dying of cancer according to the film. Complete hogwash: she is still alive and was interviewed by the book author of Blow. Moreover, George was never "faithful" nor monogamous: he was continually "shacking up" with any girl who wanted to get high.I give Johnny Depp credit for taking such a role because it isn't easy playing a loser without any redeemable traits. The best think about this movie is that Manny Noriega screwed George out of $30 million and George got set-up by his long-time friends who had previously been arrested by the Drug Enforcement Agency. George in prison imagining his daughter will visit is reason alone to watch this movie. The sad thing is that for every George in prison there are one hundred more repeating his life.