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Streaming data from JustWatch
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MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1835
- IMDb #1010
- Google retired #821
- Rotten Tomatoes #2291
- Metacritic #2684
- Letterboxd #1929
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3507
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #856
- Metacritic Critics #3204
- Metacritic Audience #1558
- Criticker #1112
- Douban #852
- Kinopoisk #345
- AlloCiné #1152
- Trakt #1023
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 52, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 54, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The story of George Jung, who became a major figure in the American cocaine trade in the 1970s and 1980s. The film follows his rise from a small-time marijuana dealer to building the Medellín Cartel's US distribution network, amassing enormous wealth. His empire is built on a dream of giving his family a better life, but his obsession with money and power ultimately leads to his downfall.
Details
- Director
- Ted Demme
- Writers
- David McKenna, Nick Cassavetes
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Spanky Pictures, Apostle
- Released
- 4 April 2001
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $53.0M
- Box office
- $83.3M
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Cast
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Awards
3 wins & 9 nominations total
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