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Blow (2001)

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All Time

of 190,179

2,783

2000's

of 34,048

828

2001

of 7,559

102
Biography
- Biography All Time
  
  of 1,068
  
  132
  
  Biography of 2001
  
  of 23
  
  4
  
  Biography of the 2000's
  
  of 237
  
  46
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,082
  
  372
  
  Crime of 2001
  
  of 133
  
  6
  
  Crime of the 2000's
  
  of 1,147
  
  87
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,020
  
  1,507
  
  Drama of 2001
  
  of 907
  
  53
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,670
  
  467

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Blow (2001) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.7946

Avg Critic Score:2.7252

Blow (2001) Movie Reviews

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Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Smart, sexy, funny and dangerous, this high-wire act is a movie and a half. ...read the complete Blow movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Blow is the third movie in the past six months to plunge audiences hip-deep into the drug culture. ...read the complete Blow movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

For many years now, Ted Demme has labored in the shadow of his uncle, Jonathan. With Blow, the "other" Demme has finally made the kind of film that should earn him recognition for more than his name. ...read the complete Blow movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

I know what you're thinking. I've heard a lot of people grousing, Why do we need another picture about coke or the rise and fall of a drugpin Hell, by now every rapper has his or her mandatory copy of Brian De Palma's Scarface on DVD. ...read the complete Blow movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Blow" stars Johnny Depp in a biopic about George Jung, a man who claims that in the late 1970s he imported about 85 percent of all the cocaine in America. ...read the complete Blow movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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DVDActive (Pete Roberts)

This is an extremely interesting film. The whole movie oozes such a believable charm that you’re drawn in right from the beginning. The nature of the subject matter and the life of George Jung make for compelling viewing, and Director Ted Demme...read the complete Blow (2001) review at DVDActive (Pete Roberts)

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San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)

Drugs are bad, greed is toxic and ugly fashion choices from the '70s are their own worst punishment. Those are the lessons of "Blow," a mediocre biopic on George Jung, a middle-class kid from Massachusetts who became America's top cocaine trafficker in...read the complete Blow (2001) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)

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Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)

What makes the film eminently compelling is Depp�s superlative lead performance....read the complete Blow (2001) review at Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)

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Flipside Movie Emporium

It's a mistake to think that recent movies that chart the drug problem in our country will have any serious impact other than to reinforce the notion that drugs are bad, mm'kay? Steven Soderbergh's Traffic amounted to a half dozen episodes of Miami Vice...read the complete Blow (2001) review at Flipside Movie Emporium

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