Skirting the issue, Elzer says nothing about the movie's distribution of mirrors to promote the film, or to what audiences these promotions are being directed toward. Instead, he focuses on the content of the "highly acclaimed" movie, asserting that intelligent viewers will understand that it is just a film. Whoever said the majority of the viewing audience was intelligent, or of legal age, for that matter?
There is a reason why films are previewed and given a rating. So why aren't advertisements given a rating as well? Who's to say the people receiving "Blow" mirrors at the bars aren't going to take that mirror home to their curious little kids? I can just see it now - "Mommy, why does that mirror say 'Blow' on it?
What do they use it for? Just because the movies are rated as indecent for children does not mean that promotional material could not slip into the hands of these same kids. Although the movie industry has attempted to produce movies of an intellectual and informative nature, the advertising used to promote these films is influencing the public in a negative manner.
A Modern Breakthrough. By Maggie Burnett Arizona Daily Wildcat Film industry sending wrong message with negative promotions Try to remember the days when posters and trailers were all it took to draw audiences to movies. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis.
You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update. Less than you might expect given the subject matter. In one scene, George is brutally beaten by gunmen working for his former partner.
Drug abuse leads George to a near-fatal collapse. Brief casual nudity in a poolside scene. Sexual excess of the disco era is alluded to but not seen. The movie is set at a time when cocaine use was widespread and held in some circles to be socially acceptable. Parents need to know that young George watches his parents fight about money. His relationship with his mother remains difficult throughout the movie; she turns him in to the police and disowns him. His first girlfriend dies of cancer. George is heartbroken at the loss of his own daughter after he's sent to prison.
Like Traffic , the movie's premise is that the drug trade is impossible to stop because of America's demand for drugs. Regular use of strong profanity. Add your rating See all 3 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 4 kid reviews. BLOW explores a time in recent history when changing social norms seemed to offer a tidal wave of commercial opportunity for someone inclined to take advantage of the situation.
As played by Johnny Depp, George is less a villain than a young go-getter at the wrong time and place. He finds it easy to ignore the evils of a trade that offers him enormous amounts of money, a chance to exercise his wits, and a constant adrenaline rush from making up the rules as he goes along.
In the funniest scene, George condescendingly tells a federal judge that he doesn't feel that what he did--importing and selling marijuana in the early s--was a crime, quoting Bob Dylan to bolster his case. You can see on the judge's face that she's adding months to his sentence with every word he says. Borrowing more than a bit from GoodFellas and Boogie Nights , Blow works better as a character study than as a history of America's obsession with drugs.
It's a subject on which the script presumes viewers will already have some perspective. Depp is excellent as usual, and there are some very moving scenes near the end of the movie with George's father Ray Liotta and his own young daughter, who turns her back on him. Parents will need to fill in the blanks and discuss with their teens the larger cultural issues associated with the importing of cocaine and marijuana. Families can talk about the larger cultural issues associated with the importing of cocaine and marijuana.
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Thank you for your support. Our ratings are based on child development best practices. We display the minimum age for which content is developmentally appropriate. The star rating reflects overall quality. Learn how we rate. But the older females in the cast nearly walk away with the film.
Glenn Kenny was the chief film critic of Premiere magazine for almost half of its existence. He has written for a host of other publications and resides in Brooklyn. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here.
Rated R for language, some violence, sexual material and brief drug use. Morgan Saylor as Mary Beth Connolly. Sophie Lowe as Priscilla Connolly. Margo Martindale as Enid Nora Devlin. June Squibb as Susie Gallagher. Annette O'Toole as Gail Maguire.
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