Blow Dry

"An outrageous new comedy for anyone who's ever had hair."

Mar 30 2001 R 1h 34m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.

Plot

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

Simon Beaufoy

Directed by

Paddy Breathnach

Production Countries

Germany, United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

West Eleven Films, Mirage Enterprises, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, Intermedia Films

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
9,597
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
38
Popularity
NA