Blow (The film- not about sex).

Seen many of this type of film on the blog- Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, Scarface and even Casino. Blow is in that category but does not have the common denominator of Al Pacino or De Niro, this time it is led by Johnny Depp.

Mr. Depp has spent a while away from the blog. There will be many more films of his on the blog as his career is vast and once you find an actor that you like you tend to watch as much as possible with them in to reinforce your reasons for liking them.
The blonde hair does not work for him. Depp has never really been a natural blonde and with his dark eyebrows and slightly tanned skin his hair is always going to look fake. The hair also leaves a lot of view for his face and in this case it doesn't work too well for him. Sometimes the hair helps and sometimes it hinders, in this case the latter because the face does not do enough to convince anyone.
Was it a different performance from him? The jury is out. At times it looked like there was a new character but then at times it just looked like every other Depp performance. As this was one of his earlier films we can say that this performance set the bar and that bar was raised higher after every new film for ten years.

This film is almost entirely just about Depp. His wife (Penelope Cruz) and his daughter are the only other characters worth mentioning and the wife confused me greatly. The performance was good but the character is weird. Either stick by the guy or don't but don't get him arrested for no reason, he's already been there and done that one several times so let him take a break- especially when he is trying to turn it all around.

The daughter was fantastic at the end. The transformation from cute little kid to horrible brat was immediate and fantastic. The beautiful performance that reminds you just how horrible children can be.