Does Blow Out end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Blow Out easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Blow Out

Name: Blow Out
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1981
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden

Murder has a sound all of its own.

Directed by Brian De Palma

Produced by Cinema 77, Geria Productions

1981108 min7.4 / 10

A paranoid political thriller that uses sound and surveillance as both plot device and metaphor, trapping its protagonist in a conspiracy he cannot escape.

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

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Questions people ask

Does Blow Out end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Blow Out scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Blow Out sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Blow Out easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Blow Out violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.