Blow: Critic Reviews

Blow can't sustain the high.

An extraordinary -- and unfathomable -- piece of whitewashing.

Uneven drug trade story has explicit drug use.

Johnny Depp gives a spellbindingly naturalistic performance that puts a sympathetic face on a powerfully individualistic man unable to shake a world of crime that brought him immense riches and eventually cost him everything he caredabout.

Does the movie make us care? Not really, which is the movie's basic problem.

Comes off like a flamboyant cartoon, another film about the deglamorization of glamorous people living it up in the glamorous world of drugs.

Blow isn't really a classic, but it's a sobering story well-told.

Johnny Depp stars and, despite some pretty awful makeup, nails his performance as George Jung.

Rambling and confused, the film shows much concern for plot and not enough for characterization, particularly in second half which unfolds as a catalog of events. Misdirected, the usually reliable Depp gives a confused and scattered performance.

Tiene una edicion maravillosa, la fotografia es notable y la direccion bien lograda.

A worthy companion to Traffic, which isn't all it's cracked up to be, either.

Overall, Blow just blows.

The biggest problem with Blow is that Jung is such a complete moron.

...so kicky and exuberant, you'll find yourself ignoring how fundamentally botched it is. It's a mess, but a glorious mess.

I was wondering how I would feel about [Jung] at the end of the movie. My answer was this: I felt indifferent.

Con un argumento inteligente y buenas actuaciones, es uno de esos filmes altamente recomendables que nadie debe dejar de ver.

The first two-thirds of the film fuse together the high-impact operatics of director Brian DePalma's "Scarface" and the in-your-face style of "GoodFellas"...

There will certainly be worse films in theaters this year....but there will be none so tedious as Blow.

Nao posso negar que Profissao de Risco e bem-sucedido: seu protagonista desperta simpatia. Isso e motivo de orgulho? Duvido muito.

While "Blow" certainly has its moments of greatness, it tries too hard to sell us a product we would have bought had they not pushed it too hard.

All I have to say is, poor Georgie.

The story here is intriguing, but there is something hinted at in between the plot that really struck me.

Aspirations are well and good, but only if you've got the talent to back them up.

While it's tough to buy Jung as such a nice guy when he runs with hardcore, murdering drug traffickers, Johnny Depp proves to be one heck of a salesman.

Depp, an actor of terrific intelligence, insight and range, easily transforms himself from peppy youngster to sad, shambling failure.