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Blow Dry
- Director: Paddy Breathnach
- Writer: Simon Beaufoy
- Producer: Moritz Borman; David Brown
CGiii Comment
The marketing, the packaging, and the title are all...CRAP.
A great shame...because, this is a delightful little film.
There are flaws - Hartnett's accent is awful. The campness is too forced.
But...by the end, it will touch you in a way that too few films do.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon. Phil and Shelly haven't talked in ten years, since she bolted; she's just found out her cancer is terminal; and, Ray Roberts, the reigning hairdressing champion, blows into town taunting Phil for retreating from competitive styling into barbering. Roberts also brings his daughter, Christina, who remembers Brian from when she was a little kid. Everything's set: Brian decides to enter the competition with his mom and Sandra; will Phil join in? Ray wants to win at any cost; will Christina go along?
Cast & Characters
Alan Rickman as Phil Allen;
Natasha Richardson as Shelley Allen;
Rachel Griffiths as Sandra;
Rachael Leigh Cook as Christina Robertson;
Josh Hartnett as Brian Allen;
Bill Nighy as Ray Robertson;
Warren Clarke as Tony;
Rosemary Harris as Daisy;
Hugh Bonneville as Louis;
Heidi Klum as Jasmine;
Peter McDonald as Vincent;
Michael McElhatton as Robert;
David Bradley as Noah;
Ben Crompton as Saul;
Ann Rye as Margaret, Farmer's Wife