Review of Boogie Nights (1997) by Bill T — 28 Dec 2012
Man, "Boogie Nights" must be like "The Breakfast Club" of the 90\s. Take a bunch of actors on the cusp of stardom, and put them into a multlayered complex movie. This movie just happens to be about the Porn indudsry in the late 70's-early 1980's.
When I first saw this when the film just came out, the only person I recognized in the cast was of course, Burt Reynolds and that rapper-turned-actor, Mark Wahlberg. Nowadays, I can recognize everyone and just be agog at how much pre-starpower there is: Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, John C, Mcginley, Don Cheadle, William Maxy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman etc etc, This film just gets better and better with each viewing, and the firecracker scene at the ending becomes more hilarious then nervewracking ( not that it doesn't lose it's power - After maybe 3-4 viewings, I always forget the conclusion of this scene, which increases it's brilliance because it's the firecrackers you remember, and it keeps you wondering.
. what happens after this?
This review of Boogie Nights (1997) was written by Bill T on 28 Dec 2012.
Boogie Nights has generally received positive reviews.
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