Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra. Paul Reubens is back in grownup movies, but he hasn't forsaken his famous inner child Ah, to be young, lucky and ruthless in the 70s. Demme, who has seen GoodFellas a few times, pours pizazz all over the project to keep the 30-year saga moving. In Johnny Depp he has a star who can commandeer the camera, however flimsy George s motives are. But painting the bigger picture is tough work.
Blow works for a scene or two, then stalls.
That s the nature of a story that is episodic but not epic. It has to drag itself uphill toward the inevitable crash. The movie takes no ethical position on the business and pleasure of dope, but it gets plenty upset about the perfidy of women. With this dear-daddy subplot, the film finally tries to persuade you that George is a man worth feeling sorry for. He loved his kid, she deserted him.