Blow Dry

The dizziest cow

The premise of this one is trivial: the hairdressing X-games in rural England.

Rickman, Richardson, Griffiths, Clarke and Nighy are just having a smashing good time. And it's contagious. They're brilliant. They also show range. Griffiths, in particular, once again goes above and beyond.

Hartnett and Cook, not so much. I guess their characters are meant for teenage Romeo & Juliet appeal, but they sound so much out of place. What with the accent, lad? Frankly, jarring.

Mrs Shircore gets a prominent place in the credits: she did make-up and hair design for the movie. With a dozen-strong team. They're basically the VFX team for this. I also think they do drugs.

As for woke, well, we do have a lesbian couple. Which is not pushed as anything special. They're good characters, pushed by good actresses. That's enough for me.
Possible male homosexuality, as well.
Then again, they're hairdressers. Clichés exist for a reason.


This is not ZAZ comedy; this is the very English, very serious treatment of a very stupid concept.
I find it very endearing.