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Movie Reviews of Blow Dry
Movie Review: Blow Dry
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the funniest movies, we watch it over and over. I am a cosmetologist and it cracks me up. Definitly a keeper.Movie Review: rocks
Summary: 5 Stars
funny , sweet , touching , gripping british comerdy that really packs the laughs.Movie Review: Josh Hartnett-brilliant and beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
Josh Hartnett makes you fall in love. Amazing and Splendid prformance...Movie Review: Ignore the U.S. cover box (as usual) & it's a treat
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently saw Richard Curtis' wonderful 'Love Actually' and - having been bowled over once again by the bountiful comic talents of Bill Nighy and great work of the sloe-eyed, laconic Alan Rickman - wondered where to turn next to enjoy the work of these two fine actors.The answer: "Blow Dry." Rickman and Nighy are fabulous as long-time rival hairdresser competitors in this campy but touching tale that tries very hard to get that unique "Strictly Ballroom" feel and camp/pathos/triumph balance. It falls just short of that, but it's a real treat nevertheless.
Unfortunately, judging from the irksome U.S. coverbox you'd never guess this was such a touching, well-written and intelligently humorous movie with a *very* talented cast - Nighy, Rickman, Natasha Richardson (!), Rachel Griffiths (!!). Now, that's an honor roll. With all that going for it, why, why, why do we get force-fed a marketing campaign featuring Josh Harnett and Rachael Leigh Cook? Harnett is quite good here, actually, pulling off a British accent with aplomb. But poor Cook is placed into a no-win situation as the supposed Minneapolis-based daughter of hairdresser Nighy. It seems force-fed into the movie...she's totally boxed in here and can't fight her way out.
I ignored this movie for two years because of bad marketing. How many others are going to miss out for the same reason? I knew Nighy (possibly my favorite actor) was involved, but felt like I was going to have to sit through a Harnett/Cook "She's All That" clone. I had to have a friend tell me otherwise. Turns out, nothing could be further from the truth. This is a great little film you need to check out as soon as possible.
Two additional little treats -
- Warren Clarke as The Mayor, who gets more and more showy and confident as the movie goes on (and actually shepards the film through its credits in a bit of solo showmanship). Name ring a bell? How about 'Dim' in "A Clockwork Orange"? Wow! Also, he's known in the UK most recently as Detective Andy Dalziel in the recurring TV series "Dalziel and Pascoe."
- Heidi Klum, hiding behind pancake makeup and blonde fright wig as 'Total Look' muse 'Jasmine.' You wouldn't think it possible to turn Heidi Klum shrewish and unattractive, but 'Blow Dry' pulls it off.
Movie Review: This Little Movie Grows On You
Summary: 4 Stars
Choosing between watching middle-aged white men with comb-overs and their women with tinted tresses (i.e., the Republican convention on TV) and BLOW DRY, a sometimes hilarious movie about hair, was easy. I have seen this little concoction four times now and it like hair grows on you. A little town in England is chosen for the British Hair Dressing Championship where the candidates must compete in four categories: Women's Blow Dry Combs, Men's Free Style, Hair By Night and Total Look. The plot isn't complicated and is predictable: you know Phil, who hasn't competed in ten years, will come out of retirement and comb and blow-dry hair with sweet abandon. But there are funny stops along the way. Try dying the hair of the dead, for example. Or giving a senior citizen a do that would have looked great in an Eighteenth Century drawing room or that the late Republican Martha Mitchell would have worn. Throw in a romance or two and a couple of cheaters in the competition and you get enough laughs for everyone. The critics-- at least some of them-- are concerned that the movie can't decide if it's high camp (maybe high hair) or a too serious commentary on life. I see their point but didn't flip my wig because of that. On a serious note, the movie makes a statement about what makes up a family, something the Republicans say they are concerned about. Maybe they should see this movie too.
The cast includes Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett and Rachel Griffiths. Good performances and even better comb-outs were had by all.