Friday, February 7, 2014

Boogie Nights (1997) - A+


I always asserted that this was a great movie, but it caught a lot of grief in its day.  "Unoriginal" ... "Incoherent, Badly Structured" ... "Wants to be Altman/Scorsese/Tarantino" ... "Exploitative, Sleazy".

Baloney!  This is a series of classic scenes, that don't have obvious precedent anywhere else.  It's wildly entertaining.  But you know what?  You either like it or you don't.  If you don't want to see Wahlberg's prosthetic penis hanging out, fair enough.  But don't try to tell me this isn't a great film.

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