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Cast & Crew
Eddie Adams, Dirk Diggler
Jack Horner
Amber Waves
Reed Rothchild
Buck Swope
Rollergirl, Brandy
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Critic Reviews for Boogie Nights
All Critics (71) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (66) | Rotten (5)
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A beautifully made survey of '70s excess, filtered through the trashy world of the burgeoning porno film industry in southern California.
March 28, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
The pop 1970s were typified in part by cheesy fashions, ephemeral music and a regular diet of daring, cutting-edge movies that arguably made that decade Hollywood's richest. Blistering Boogie Nights recaptures the spirit of that time on all three counts.
January 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
The Tarantino comparison is ultimately less about technique than a shared joyful electricity of the filmmaking, the sense of an artist clearly high on the sheer act of making a movie.
October 30, 2017 | Full Review… -
Nights humanized these actors and made them live beyond their reputations.
September 12, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
Boogie Nights, an epic tale of porn, pleasure, and excess, offers a purer hit of exhilaration than any movie this year.
February 4, 2010 | Rating: A | Full Review… -
Not since the mysteriously reclusive Terrence Malick has there been such an explosion of sheer talent on the American movie scene.
April 27, 2007 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Boogie Nights
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Mar 05, 2017An unsettling film about what goes on in the pornography industry. Wahlberg plays a young rising star in the industry trying to make a living in this dark world. It's a little overrated, aside from an interesting subject, the film itself has very little to offer.Sylvester K Super Reviewer
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Jun 22, 2016Very interesting look into the late 1970s and early 1980s pornography industry. The drugs and sex are very much a part of this film. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Burt Reynolds are all excellent in this film. The script is very well written and gives us a very clear trajectory for Dirk Diggler (Wahlberg) throughout the film that ends very appropriately.Patrick W Super Reviewer
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Jun 01, 2014[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img]Directors C Super Reviewer
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Mar 05, 2013I had high faith that Boogie Nights would be a great film, given Paul Thomas Anderson's impressive filmography: and I was not disappointed. He exposes the what goes on behind the camera in the porn industry which a majority of people who watch it are ignorant of. Anderson's knack for writing great characters is evident in Boogie Nights: from main protagonist and pornstar Dirk Diggler (Mark Whalberg), to Julianne Moore's preformance as an expiring actress to the loose canon drug dealer who comes into play towards the end (played by Alfred Molina). Between the interesting characters, the previously unexplored subject matter, and the gripping subplots weaving in seamlessly together makes for a well-written, memorable, and ultimately timeless film.Kevin M Super Reviewer
Boogie Nights Quotes
Jack Horner: | Heaven sent you here to this place, Dirk Diggler. You've been blessed. |
Jack Horner: | It seems to me, beneath those jeans, there's something wonderful just waiting to get out |
Jack Horner: | It seems to me, beneath those jeans, there's something wonderful just waiting to get out. |
Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler: | I'm seventeen |
Jack Horner: | You're a seventeen year old piece of gold. |
Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler: | Yeah, right. |
Maurice T. Rodriguez: | You are the foxiest bitch in ten countries. |
Amber Waves: | You're such a charmer. |
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