Blow Dry
An outrageous new comedy for anyone who's ever had hair.
Starring Rachel Leigh Cook (She's All That), Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor) and Alan Rickman (Galaxy Quest) in a great ensemble cast - the Academy Award®-nominated writer of The Full Monty has crafted a hilarious story about the things everyone wants in life: love, happiness and great hair! As the National Hair Championships descend upon a small town in England, the country's top stylists aren't expecting much from the local talent. But they didn't count on Phil Allen (Rickman), the retired golden boy of the competition circuit, entering the fray! Also starring Natasha Richardson (The Parent Trap), Rachel Griffiths (My Best Friend's Wedding) and supermodel Heidi Klum - laugh along as the locals dazzle the out-of-towners with some hair do's… and don'ts!
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Surprisingly Good Fun - revsdd
I tuned into this movie not really expecting very much. I mean, how interesting could a movie about the British Hair Dressing Championships be, anyway? In fact, what I found was a quite funny movie with enough human interest thrown in to make it a worthwhile movie.
The story revolves around a hair dressing family who have been broken apart when Shelly (Natasha Richardson) leaves Phil (Alan Rickman) for Sandra (Rachel Griffiths). Son Brian (Josh Hartnett) stays with dad Phil and works in a barber shop with his dad - quite a step down for Phil, who used to be one of the best British hair dressers. The family is brought back together when the Hair Dressing Championships come to their home town, and Phil, Shelley, Sandra and Brian pool their resources to beat their rivals.
It's all quite well done, and the hair styles are - well - unbelievable in some cases. But there's also the backdrop of Sandra's illness that she's hiding from her lover Shelley.
All in all, although I'm not at all interested in hair dressing, I throughly enjoyed the time I spent watching this. Give it a try. You'll like it.Full Monty with Short Back and Sides - Myrrh
This is a charming little movie. Relatively low on realism, it is high on whimsy as it tells a story of love and family in a small town which plays host to an all-England hairdressing competition. The poster makes one think that it might be a teen romance movie, but the grown-up characters are just as central to the story (maybe even more so). Visually it tends to towards the fantastic, with insane, sculptural hairstyles, over-the-top hairstylist divas and even technicolour livestock. In brief, it's cute and fun and there is nothing wrong with that.
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Surprisingly Good Fun - revsdd
I tuned into this movie not really expecting very much. I mean, how interesting could a movie about the British Hair Dressing Championships be, anyway? In fact, what I found was a quite funny movie with enough human interest thrown in to make it a worthwhile ...Full Monty with Short Back and Sides - Myrrh
This is a charming little movie. Relatively low on realism, it is high on whimsy as it tells a story of love and family in a small town which plays host to an all-England hairdressing competition. The poster makes one think that it might be a teen romance ...