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Name: Blow
Director: Ted Demme
Genre: crime, drama
Released: 2001
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 7.5

Blow has an iRankMovies score of 65.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Blow (2001)

based on a true story

Release:2001

Runtime:2h 4m

Country:United States

Director:Ted Demme

Language:English

Genre

CrimeDrama

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Keywords

Drug SmugglingWar On DrugsDrug Trafficking1970sDrug AddictionRise And FallCautionaryFactual

iRank65

Blow rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 287K votes

Rotten Tomatoes56%

Metacritic52%

TMDb7.353/10· 5K votes

With 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Blow

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Cast of Blow

Johnny Depp
as George Jung
Penélope Cruz
as Mirtha Jung
Franka Potente
as Barbara Buckley
Rachel Griffiths
as Ermine Jung
Ray Liotta
as Fred Jung
Jordi Mollà
as Diego Delgado
Cliff Curtis
as Pablo Escobar
Paul Reubens
as Derek Foreal
Miguel Sandoval
as Augusto Oliveras
Max Perlich
as Kevin Dulli
Ethan Suplee
as Tuna
Kevin Gage
as Leon Minghella

Blow facts

Budget: $53M
Box office: $83.3M

Our take on Blow

Ted Demme's 2001 crime drama traces the life of George Jung, who grows up in a struggling 1950s family shadowed by his father's financial collapse. Determined to avoid the same fate, George starts dealing marijuana in 1960s California and becomes a hit, but a stint in jail introduces him to cocaine, and he later builds a fortune bringing it into America before paying the price. Spanning decades, it's a rise-and-fall tale grounded in family, ambition and consequence rather than glamorized excess. It rewards viewers who enjoy character-driven crime sagas and period detail. Those wanting nonstop thrills may find the arc melancholy, but its cautionary sweep lingers.

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