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Blow Dry (2001)

Blow Dry
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Natasha Richardson, Alan Rickman, Josh Hartnett

Two beauty salons in the small English town of Keighley are locked in a heated rivalry over the National Hairdressing Championships. Local hairdresser Phil was once the golden boy of the competition until his wife and model Shelly left him and their son Brian to set up shop with her lover Sandra. Re... (read more)

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R, 1 hr. 10 min.
Directed by: Paddy Breathnach
Release Date: Mar 07, 2001
DVD Release Date: Aug 14, 2001

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10 days ago
Weirdest cast ever! Hartnett struggles with the British accent and Rachael Leigh Cook simply rides out a brief wave of leading-lady status. Natasha Richardson and Alan Rickman, on the other hand, both move effortlessly through their own touching sto... (read more)
14 days ago
I love it so much that I can't stop watching it. Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy have some of the best lines in the movie.
44 days ago
Good example of how to waste an amazing cast. This story would have been so much better told as a low budget / unknown cast film, allowing more emphasis on the West Yorkshire setting, rather than giving it a star laden Richard Curtis style 'we're all... (read more)
63 days ago
I love this movie! It's so fun!
72 days ago
This was okay. Pretty charming, a little sad, kinda funny.

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3197 days ago
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Blow Dry seems both overplotted and underimagined.
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