Blow Dry Movie Review 2000

Comedic possibilities and family healing ensue when the National British Hairdressing Championships come to a sleepy English town. An odd assortment of Brits and Yanks populate this familiar tale, and even dependable Rickman can't save the film, whose destination is obvious from even the newspaper ads--take "The Full Monty," replace strippers with hairdressers and, voila: "Blow Dry." Written by Simon Beaufoy, author of (you guessed it) "The Full Monty." Director Breathnach fared better with his previous film, the Irish comedy "I Went Down."

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from British, United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Cuttin' Heads, Lesbians, Terminal Illness

Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy

Cast

Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Bill Nighy, Warren Clarke, Rosemary Harris, Hugh Bonneville, Peter McDonald, Heidi Klum, Michael McElhatton

Cinematography

Cian de Buitlear

Director

Paddy Breathnach

Music

Patrick Doyle

Other

Peter Lindsay, Bob Last, Tony Lawson, Sara Hauldren, Rosie Hackett, Sophie Becher

Producer

Ruth Jackson, William Horberg, David Rubin, Intermedia Films, Mirage Enterprises, West Eleven Films, Miramax Films