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Show “WASATCH COUNTY. COURIER 14, 2001 Wardley @_GMAC REVIEW 1 @wReal Estate BEMEE ~ Blow Dry _ kook STARS When nship such films as The Hairdresser’s Husband and Shampoo, in which a an erotic experience fer both the stylist and the recipient of this most personal of :services. a J haven’t seen and therefore can’t compare), Blow: Dry is concerned more with the arcane competition among Shelley breaks a decade’s” as a team—seems a little defensive ears, with the sometimes even beyond_ Shelley (a pale but radiant Natasha: Richardson), once a Keighley hair- dressing legend in partnership with © her husband Phil (Alan Rickman), ended the marriage 10 years ago to nest with a bird of a different plumage, the much younger Sandra her estranged family, or even more ominously, has decided to lie to Sandra, saying that her dreaded doctor’s visit yielded a clean bill of health. 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It’s a shock, then, when we dis- cover it’s a wig, and that underneath straggly blonde strands that signify hair loss and cancer. (Curiously, on the Richardson, the Cae punkish nae vivacious ‘do has a 375 Rainbow Lane - Midway, UT 84049 - (435) 654-0892 (Bill Nighy), a former rival, is damaging his son’s image of his father, is predictable but never pat. : There is a_ strained romance between Brian and Christina (Rachael Leigh Cook), Ray’s daughter, whom he flies in from America to employ as his hair colorist in the championships, re-igniting a childhood crush that the two once shared. The flirtation gets amusing and even cheering. Brian mortuary, where she tops the ruddy but tired face of a dead villager with a splendorous Mohawk. And later, showing off a flock of rainbow-hued sheep that a local farmer has provided for her experi- mentation, she gloats to Brian, “Look, . I finally got my blues and reds right.” It’s true that Blow Dry under-uses its superb ensemble cast, particularly Rachel Griffiths, who is one of the most exciting actresses in the world. This is not a meaty role for a performer who can play anything from low comedy to high drama. Nonetheless, during a movie season of unmitigated misogyny and mayhem, the picture has a certain freshness. - Mardell Stucky — of his realization that the cheating Ray _ storyline. Nonetheless, Christina’s continuing snarls as a colorist are and _. _NATURAL BEAUTY | Expansive views, quiet cul-de-sac, sunny, vaulted, approx. 2750 sq. ft, neutral 3-4 bed, 2.5 bath, intercom, home theater, heated garage and workshop, family room with gas fireplace © Offered at working class life that screenwriter Simon Beaufoy received: an Oscar Griffiths), her husband’s hair model during two previous national championships. The salon of Phil and their spiked roomy with full kitchen, bath, living room and bedroom. $280,000 | and mortality issues. tion), but there are subtle, amusing and poignant allusions to hair’s fragility, beauty, and resilience, which may are the 7 possible lagers provides an It doesn’t try for the audience Tot yet raucousness SOL jaded about the Monty, but has a lowtonsorial arts. key affability that Rachel Griffiths, Natasha Richardson and The sensuality plays well in the faces Alan Rickman in Blow Dry. of the daily urgenof its appealing cast. cies ‘of the stylists’ profession is not Where the see; is heading, as Phil is overtly emphasized (with the brieflypersuaded to change his mind about © glimpsed, already noted pubic excepteaming up for the contest on the basis and Email me: denise @sold.wardleygmac.com exception of Brian’s. It doesn’t help that Shelley ee tently spills her baleful diagnosis to pation of the vil- a lifetime - room downstairs. Downstair apt. is light, bright and : pathetic, considering the circumstances. And it appears to fall on deaf, nomination for in The Full Monty? hair salons and their coiffeurs and coifThey do not, and this seems to exasfeuses—which easily explodes into hair perate a whole gaggle of critics, who (including pubic) obsession. In Blow complain that he’ s trying to do the Dry, the rivalry culminates in a codi- -_ same thing here as in the previous film fied national: clipoff for British Sean and isn’t doing it nearly as well. cians in the little | Yes, Blow Dry is town of Keighley primarily a comedy, in . Yorkshire, | but with roots of where the relaxed social drama as well, lifestyle © and dealing with modern’ heightened anticirelationship choices last : | celebrated Like 2000’s The Big Tease 654-1 199. or 1-800-574-1006 ships that she tossed away. Her pro- air and its attendant.glories simple wash or perm becomes Wasatch County since 1988 posal— that the four of them (she, her lover, her ex and their son) make another run at the national champi- Q Review by Paul Swenson been 471 NORTH 100 WEST. HEBER Zoned multi-unit. Tremendous opportunity to expand with additional apartments to maximize rental potential. 2. bed, 1 bath, office and formal dining; guest bed, utility long silence with her husband and her son, it’s not to mention her illness, nor to ask for sympathy. Instead, she’s feeling the need to compete again professionally, and maybe, take a last, ~closer look at the familial relation- DIRECTED BY PADDY BREATHNACH. WRITTEN BY. SIMON BEAUFOY. 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