
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... (Full plot summary below)
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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?
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| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanThis comedy-drama was written by Simon Beaufoy, who brought us "The Full Monty," and it has some of the same gamy mix of alternative sexuality and working-class heart. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterIt's fun. Hey, it's almost spring, Rickman is fabulous and so is Richardson. Warren Clarke is continually funny. And Heidi Klum alone will melt the snows of yesteryear. |
| Film.comRobert HortonIt may be possible that people who never go to the movies will stumble across Blow Dry and find it a charming way to spend an hour and a half, but the rest of us will have the ending written in our heads by the end of the first five minutes. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasDespite its dollops of good-natured humor and sentiment, Blow Dry is likely to play better on the tube as a likable-enough diversion. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWritten by Mr. ''Full Monty'' himself, Simon Beaufoy, and, like ''Monty,'' sprinkles pixie dust over the heads of worn out local folk. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe result is formulaic, shamelessly manipulative and surprisingly watchable. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardRickman and Richardson are excellent actors put to ghastly waste. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovA limp and lackluster affair that telegraphs its feel-good smarm miles in advance. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensSeems both overplotted and underimagined, though there is at least some creativity and a dose of realism, evident in the hairstyles themselves. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAlthough filled with fey, flamboyant characters, the stereotype of the gay hairdresser seems to have been meticulously expunged. |