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Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a... read more
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Release Date: October 17, 1997
DVD Release Date: April 7, 1998
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January 22, 2012Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Boogie Nights' is an impressive study on the rise and fall of a fictitious star. Aside from handling the camera well and assembling a perfect cast, the film is extremely well written all the way through its three-hour run time. This is where Anderson solid... read more
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November 20, 2011fb1664868775Paul Thomas Anderson busted onto the scene with this Altman-esque ensemble piece about the porn business of the 1970's.
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September 10, 2011Jack Horner: I got a feeling that behind those jeans is something wonderful just waiting to get out.
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Paul Thomas Anderson's second film, Boogie Nights, is what put him on the map . It's appeal is hard to describe. It's story is about a teenager... read more -
August 11, 2011It's hard to decide whether or not I liked this movie. It's realistic and harsh sometimes and then funny and raunchy other times. The cast is good, though, and maybe the subject matter calls for those extremes, but overall it's just okay.
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July 23, 2011Not merely a look at he world of 70's porno, California style, but a cautionary commentary on life in the fast lane. Great performances bring the message home.
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June 29, 2011fb100001050230219Boogie Nights is an exhilarating piece of filmmaking from Paul Thomas Anderson that delves deep into themes such as sex and greed. It's a commentary on how twisted and delusional stars in Hollywood are nowadays and the group of lost souls the film follows who try to make it big i... read more
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April 28, 2011All of PTA's works feel like epics, and for once I think the style works in favor for him. It's unexpected (since he's tackling the substantial porn industry), but it makes sense.
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January 22, 2011Who knew a film set in the 1970s about the porn industry would be so epic. Dark and funny at the same time, Boogie Nights is deeply interesting to watch and really connected as it portrays the struggle we have with those moments in life that we'd choose to forget.
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January 6, 2011Paul Anderson creates one of the best films of the 90's with his dramedy about porn stars and the change in the industry. Through young teenager, Dirk Diggler(Mark Wahlberg), he enters a world that he has imagined his whole life, wanting to express his "talent" to the world. From... read more
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December 16, 2010A great 70's period film that has always been able to separate itself from normal storytelling for film. The idea to make a semi-biopic of John Holmes is just too priceless, but when it's Mark Wahlberg giving this really earnest performance it's even better. The acting is above a... read more
Critic Reviews
February 4, 2010
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
April 27, 2007
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Not since the mysteriously reclusive Terrence Malick has there been such an explosion of sheer talent on the American movie scene. Full Review
May 1, 2006
Emanuel Levy, Variety
Considering the potentially explosive nature of the yarn, set in the porn world, Anderson's strategy is remarkably nonjudgmental and nonsensationalistic, largely due to his love and respect for all th... Full Review
June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
With Boogie Nights we know we're not just watching episodes from disparate lives but a panorama of recent social history, rendered in bold, exuberant colors. Full Review
February 14, 2001
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The film is bemused and entertained, as we are, by this pack of sexual extremists, and the eye it casts on them is both benevolent and wry. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Boogie Nights is truly audacious because Anderson doesn't beat you over the head with his daring. In the first half, he goes about turning conventional morality on its head nonchalantly, almost sweetly. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
As a writer and director, Paul Thomas Anderson is a skilled reporter who fills his screen with understated, authentic details. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Everything about Boogie Nights is interestingly unexpected, even the few seconds of darkness before the film's neon title blasts onto the screen. The director, Paul Thomas Anderson, [displays talent t... Full Review
January 1, 2000
USA Today
A concise, vigorously told yarn with a strong point of view and a deftly juggled cast containing at least a few familiar faces.
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Boogie Nights isn't just an expose of the porn industry -- it's a provocative and involving character study, as well. Full Review
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