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Bookmark this pageBlow Dry (2000)
Director: Paddy Breathnach
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From Time Out Film Guide
Presumably, this barely amusing, would-be-whimsical Anglo-American blah from the writer of The Full Monty started out along familiar but workable lines, the occasion of the National Hair Championships in glamorous Keighley offering an opportunity for a divided family to put aside differences, make a stand in the face of terminal illness and relish their underdog status in the competition. The direction, however, makes this as calculating as it sounds; and, lacking any emotional pull, it has only the imagined comic value of crazy hairstyles to fall back on. The cast deliver the basics and little more.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Producer: Ruth Jackson, William Horberg, David Rubin
Cast: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Bill Nighy, Rosemary Harris, Warren Clarke full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 90 mins
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