Blow

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.

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 (...

Review excerpt from Common Sense Media.