Alan Rickman

Natasha Richardson

Rachel Griffiths

Rachael Leigh Cook

Josh Hartnett

Bill Nighy

Warren Clarke

Rosemary Harris

Hugh Bonneville

Heidi Klum

Peter McDonald

Michael McElhatton

David Bradley

Ben Crompton

Ann Rye

Ray Emmet Brown

Oliver Ford Davies

Paul Copley

Elizabeth Woodcock

Mark Benton

Gordon Langford Rowe

Johnny Leeze

Stephen Graham

Peter Kay

Tony Barton

Margaret Blakemore

Willie Ross

Jukka Hiltunen

Christopher Biggins

Janet Henfrey

Lorraine Balinska

Martin L. Evans

Jane Staiano

Paddy Breathnach

Simon Beaufoy

Cian de Buitléar

Niamh Coulter

Sarah Hauldren

Pauline Griffiths

Tony Lawson

Daniel Laurie

Gail Stevens

William Horberg

Steve Single

Sophie Becher

Howard Halsall

David Rubin

Laurie Sparham

Peter Lindsay

Mark Auguste

Ricky Butt

Rosie Hackett

Ruth Jackson

Michael Crouch

David Balfour

Patrick Doyle

Tim Cavagin

John Bateman

Angela Wharton

John Pardue

Mark Cooper

Terry Jarvis

Jane Nerlinger Evans

Guy Hunt

Christian Joyce

Graeme Crowther

Peter Field

Kenny Groom

Alan Hall

Caroline Hamilton

Sarah Love

Sharon O'Brien

Alex Oakley

David Plewis

Susan Howard

Loulia Sheppard

Ben Burt

Mark Clayton

Jenny Shircore

Rupert Simon

Justin Chappell

Norman McGeoch

Lisa Pickering

Lance Smith

Seamus Corcoran

Jon Henry Gordon

Marc Atherfold

Steven Gardner

Phil Murray

Richard Styles

Cyrille Nomberg

Mickey Woolfson

Sam Auguste

Philip Kenyon

Guy East

Nigel Sinclair

Sallie Hard

Glen Moore

James McGuire

Moritz Borman

Julie Goldstein

Rob Anderson

David Ned Kelly

Kevin Alexander

Miranda Jones

Amanda Craggs

Robina Kelly

Joel Blesham

Paul Mann

Charley McEwen

Karl Derrick

Tom Hannam

Sydney Pollack

Meryl Poster

Simon Moseley

Julia Castle

Gregor Telfer

Steve Mitchell

James Seddon

John Gamble

Lesa Warrener

Noel Quinn

Kenneth Atherfold

Chris Sievernich

Comedy

Drama

Blow Dry

Mirage Enterprises

Intermedia

West Eleven Films

Miramax

Germany

United States of America

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

Seeing that this is a film about high-end barbering, isn't it odd that Josh Hartnett's fringe looks as if it were cut by his eight year old niece? Anyway, the gist of this light-hearted comedy is set around a northern English town hosting the National Hairdressing Championships. It's got a strong cast of British stalwarts - Warren Clarke, Natasha Richardson and Alan Rickman all chipping in to keep the rivalries, love interests and coiffure-quips flowing relentlessly. It's one of those films that is as notable for the stereotypes it challenges - of both the cutting trade and of the attitudes of the folks in working class England - as it is for any of the on screen performances, and that helps keep the joke running fine. No, the writing won't be up for a Booker prize, nor will the acting trouble a BAFTA jury ever, but the film has a certain spirit and the characters are not afraid to poke fun at themselves, award ceremonies in general and even the normally dreadfully wooden Bill Nighy manages to support the somewhat under-used visiting Hollywood star who did genuinely seem to be enjoying the whole charade. It's not a bad effort, this - and keep an eye out for Heidi Klum, too!

English

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