Check out IMDb's Streaming Guide to see what's new on Netflix, find out if your favorite streaming show has been renewed or canceled, and more.
Related lists from IMDb users
Title: Blow Dry (2001)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Alan Rickman | ... | Phil Allen | |
| Natasha Richardson | ... | Shelley Allen | |
| Rachel Griffiths | ... | Sandra | |
| Rachael Leigh Cook | ... | Christina Robertson | |
| Josh Hartnett | ... | Brian Allen | |
| Bill Nighy | ... | Ray (Raymond) Robertson | |
| Warren Clarke | ... | Tony | |
| Rosemary Harris | ... | Daisy | |
| Hugh Bonneville | ... | Louis | |
| Heidi Klum | ... | Jasmine | |
| Peter McDonald | ... | Vincent | |
| Michael McElhatton | ... | Robert | |
| David Bradley | ... | Noah | |
| Ben Crompton | ... | Saul | |
 |
Ann Rye | ... | Margaret, Farmer's Wife (as Anne Rye) |
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop, and where Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon, yet Phil and Shelly haven't talked in the ten years since she bolted. Shelley's just found out her cancer is terminal, and Ray Roberts, the reigning underhanded 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 (as does he her). Everything's set: Brian decides to enter the competition with his mom and Sandra. Will Phil join in? Ray wants to win at any costs. Will Christina go along? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Enjoy a night in with these popular movies available to stream now with Prime Video.
Alan Rickman is wonderful in this movie. In many of his more well-known films, he is required to be obvious with his brooding nature. This film is much more subtle, and Rickman pulls off an incredibly believable character and demonstrates a range that we rarely see from him. Rachael Leigh Cook is highly underused. She needed to have been given more prodding from the director to bring her true acting talents out (her hair is also atrocious for a movie supposedly about "hair"). Cook often has great chemistry with actors, but her relationship with Hartnett falls a bit flat. The other actors (especially Natasha Richardson) do extremely well. The plot is wonderfully simple. The "competition" arch is played out very well without feeling as though we have seen this before. The romantic triangle is great, and the relationship between Sandra and Shelley (Grffiths and Richardson) is sweet. The homosexual element is understated and is never politicized. The comedy is subtle and occasionally hilarious, but the drama is the true reason to see this film.