Plot Summary
There's no money in a "real job." So George Jung deals pot. Lots of it. The blue-collar kid dubbed Boston George spirals up from there, into the riches and excesses of the huge cocaine cartels. And crashes hard. Johnny Depp portrays George, the ambitious outlaw who, perhaps more than any American, transformed powder cocaine from relative obscurity in the U.S. into a 1970s/80s feeding frenzy. Penelope Cruz costars in this riveting, fact-inspired tale of glitz and glamour, fast times and hard time, betrayal and Blow.
Credits
Actors
- Johnny Depp
- Penélope Cruz
- Jordi Molla
- Franka Potente
- Rachel Griffiths
Director
- Ted Demme
Screenwriters
- David McKenna
- Nick Cassavetes
Producers
- Denis Leary
- Joel Stillerman
- Ted Demme
Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
TOMATOMETER
55%- Reviews Counted: 136
- Fresh: 75
- Rotten: 61
- Average Rating: 5.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Neither a tragedy nor a morality play, but rather a jaunty, candy-colored romp through a quarter century or so of American pop music, pop fashion and popular illegal substances.
Fresh: It's one of the few major releases so far this year that is worth a grown-up's time.
Fresh: Tthe movie is higher on style than it is on substance, but one of its strong suits is that it never stoops so low as to lecture us. It throttles by with irresponsible abandon.
Rotten: A mediocre biopic.
Customer Reviews
all around good
if like depp you'll enjoy this ... keeps u interested all the way through. great collaboration of actors, and pretty funny along w dramatic.
One of the best "drug" movies
This is one of the best drug movies I have ever seen. I have seen most all drug realated movies as I used to do the drugs it was about and then enjoy them. This movie is awesome I don't care who you are. Not only does it have an awesome story line, some good humer, and excellent acting but, it is based on the actual events of George Jung. He is the man who introduce cocaine to the USA(not saying that it was a good thing).
AWESOME
excellent awesome touching makes u think
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- $9.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 2001
- © 2001 New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.
