Blow Dry (2000)
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| Directed by | Paddy Breathnach |
| Cast | Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Mark Benton, Warren Clarke, Oliver Ford Davies, Rosemary Harris and Bill Nighy |
| Theatrical Release | November 30, 1999 |
| DVD Release | August 14, 2001 |
| Running Time | 90 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | R (Restricted) |
| UPC Code | 786936144697 |
| Buy this item | $8.99 at Amazon.com As of May 11 4:48 EDT (details) 1 DVD, Miramax, Usually ships in 24 hours, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language) Or 39 new from $4.89, 23 used from $2.81 |
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(50 reviews)
A Yorkshire Pudding treat!I love this movie! It's got great actors - Alan Rickman, Natasha ichardson, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Nighy and Warren Clarke. They all use that lovely Yorkshire accent and lots of "summats", "nobbuts" and "nowts" - even Josh Hartnett's accent sounds authentic to this Anglophile. The movie has a naive sweetness to it that never gets old. There are a lot of descriptions of the plot here, so I won't go into it, but I laugh out loud everytime I watch it and finally bought, here on Amazon, because it's so hard to find. I've recommended to all my hairdresser friends April 19, 2008
A Keeper Movie
This movie does what all movies should do. You are transported to another place by a sense of reality created by the believable characters, the sense of place, the intriguing situations and the drama. Now every so often I pop the DVD in and go back there. I think I like the transformation of the mayor best, from ordinary man to Elvis. It is little touches like this that make this movie one that merits rewatching. Other reviewers have touched on the salient points of the acting and said it better. April 6, 2008
hardly noteworthy
A tremendously silly movie that's only remotely watchable because of Alan Rickman's tremendous talent to deliver any lie with dignity and intrigue. Unless you are a huge Rickman fan (which, of course, I am), you may skip this one without any guilt. March 22, 2008
FANTASTIC MOVIE AND MUSIC!!
I have loved this movie for years and am watching it again now--the cast is great, the writing sharp and witty--it is honest and silly, and unpretentous. it is nice to seem the cream of the crop acting wise having so much fun. Loved Bill Withers and so many other musicians for the film (songs I had not heard in a while). GREAT ALL-AROUND EXPERIENCE!! March 1, 2008
CHARMING COMEDY-MELODRAMA
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie and it is witty, insightful, and touching. The cover art for the DVD shows Josh Hartnett but the REAL stars are Alan Rickman, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Nighy, and Natasha Richardson.
When Griffiths appears at the end completely in the nude with fantastic tattooing and hairstyle it is enough to turn a gay man straight - what a body. She continues the very good work she did in "Muriel's Wedding."
Another under-rated actor in the movie is Warren Clarke who demonstrated his superb acting abilities in the Dalziel and Pascoe series on British television. He is touching and very funny as the mayor of the small town and the emcee for the "pageant".
Rickman as usual does extraordinary things with a smallish part and Bill Nighy, another under-rated actor, is great as his rival. The insights into high-fashion and competitive hairdressing is intriguing and some of the hairdoes are worthy of the court of Queen Marie Antoinette.
ALtogether a great movie and one that I will return to when I want to see accomplished British actors perform their art with aplomb. December 26, 2007