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Critical Consensus

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starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstarstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstarstarstar Barbara Shulgasser - SF Examiner
starstarstar Tom Keogh - Film.com
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Roger Moore - Winston-Salem Journal
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar Louis B. Parks - Houston Chronicle

“Offers a purer hit of exhilaration than any movie this year. The exhilaration comes from the outrageousness of the subject matter, and from a filmmaker working at peak virtuosity”

- Owen Gleibernan

“It turns ugly-violent. By the end of 2½ hours, it has worn out its welcome”

- Louis B. Parks

Boogie Nights
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A young man (Mark Wahlberg) becomes a big star in the porn film industry. Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, Luis Guzman, Don Cheadle, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Thomas Jane, Ricky Jay, John C. Reilly, Robert Ridgely, Alfred Molina, Nicole Parker. Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (1997, R)
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