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Blow Dry
Miramax Films
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for some language and brief nudity
Starring
Hugh Bonneville,
Rachael Leigh Cook,
Rachel Griffiths,
Josh Hartnett,
Heidi Klum,
Natasha Richardson,
and
Alan Rickman
When the National Hairdressing Championships descend upon a small and unsuspecting Yorkshire town, no one is prepared for the glamour and the heartache, the scheming and the cheating which disrupt their lives. (Intermedia Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Simon Beaufoy
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Paddy Breathnach
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 14, 2001
Video: August 14, 2001
Theatrical: March 7, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It's fun. Hey, it's almost spring, Rickman is fabulous and so is Richardson. Warren Clarke is continually funny. And Heidi Klum alone will melt the snows of yesteryear.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
If Blow Dry isn't a rousing triumph on the order "of The Full Monty" and "Brassed Off," Rickman, Richardson and Nighy make sure it's a winning film.
60
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This comedy-drama was written by Simon Beaufoy, who brought us "The Full Monty," and it has some of the same gamy mix of alternative sexuality and working-class heart.

50
Film.com
Robert Horton
It may be possible that people who never go to the movies will stumble across Blow Dry and find it a charming way to spend an hour and a half, but the rest of us will have the ending written in our heads by the end of the first five minutes.

50
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Shows its roots early on: Mixing the high camp of "Strictly Ballroom" with Monty's gritty milieu, the film comes off as little more than a contrived composite, despite the best efforts of pros Rickman, Richardson, and Griffiths.
50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
A cute, well-acted film that tries to mix tones sharply.
50
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
The characters, in short, are never given enough dimension, enough chance to develop the individual tics and eccentricities on which this kind of comedy thrives.
50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
A feel-good us-against-them tale that panders mercilessly to its audience, yet displays a few moments of honest humor.
50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Despite its dollops of good-natured humor and sentiment, Blow Dry is likely to play better on the tube as a likable-enough diversion.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The result is formulaic, shamelessly manipulative and surprisingly watchable.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Written by Mr. ''Full Monty'' himself, Simon Beaufoy, and, like ''Monty,'' sprinkles pixie dust over the heads of worn out local folk.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
At least a half monty.

40
Variety
Robert Koehler
Limp comedy-drama.

30
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Although filled with fey, flamboyant characters, the stereotype of the gay hairdresser seems to have been meticulously expunged.

30
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Seems both overplotted and underimagined, though there is at least some creativity and a dose of realism, evident in the hairstyles themselves.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A limp and lackluster affair that telegraphs its feel-good smarm miles in advance.

25
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Rickman and Richardson are excellent actors put to ghastly waste.

12
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The most catastrophic misfire in a dreadful movie season.

10
LA Weekly
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
There are gruelingly unfunny gags, an unspeakable soundtrack featuring BTO and Billy Ocean, and Victoria's Secret mannequin Heidi Klum as a model who demands that her pussy hair be styled into a bushy red heart.


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