Review – Blow

I think this is the movie Traffic secretly wanted to be. Down deep it has the same “just say no to the decadent life of a drug dealer” ethos, but it manages to sugar-coat this boring pill with a thick veneer of faux coolness, including a host of “edgy” actors (including Johnny Depp, Paul Reubens, and a brief appearance by Bobcat Goldthwaite). This is the sad, supposedly “based on a true” story of a kid from small town Massachusetts who grows up to be the biggest coke dealer in the United States. His rise to power is amusing in a Scarface sort of way, but his subsequent decline drips far too much cheap sentiment, particularly when the protagonist starts mooning around about not being a good father to his little girl. Overall I guess I’ve seen worse drug movies. Mildly amusing