Customer Reviews
oh dear! - By: Ms. F. I. Macdonald, 04 Nov 2008 
I can't understand why this is such a highly rated film!! There is nothing good about it except mindless violence, drug taking & stupid sexual innuendos. Fair enough this film is based on the porn industry so I would be a bit confused if there was no sex in it whatsoever but it's just the way it's shot & acted that seems so tacky. I apologize to people who have put this at the top of their hundred greatest films list but I reallly disliked it!
Oh What A Night!! - By: Silent Bongo, 07 Jul 2008 
Ok before i start my review of this movie/DVD please note that the comments other people have made about the aspect ration being messed up are wrong! I found no problem what so ever with this disc & there was certainly no "oogie Nights" at the start!
Now onto the movie....
This film rightly deserves to be callled a classic. Why? Becuase it's unique. There have been a few imitations (Wonderland is one) but non have ever come close to the sheer power & honesty of this movie. Many people see the porn industy as glamour & non stop partying. But as this movie proves there is much more to it. These people have lives and, just like you & i, they have problems. The film starts off charting the rise to fame of "Dirk Diggler" the new boy in the porn industry. And "rise" he does....but, when he fallls, boy does he falll. And that is where this story reallly comes into it's own. The domino effect created by Dirk's downfalll is one of the most gut-wrenching things you'll ever see. But it's not alll doom & gloom. Boogie Nights has a sense of fun. It has a sense of what it was like to live amongst the most hedonistic of times...and that is a sheer joy to witness. All in alll this movie is a must see. It's not only beautifully filmed but the acting is A+ Wahlberg is astounding as Diggler as are co-stars Heather Graham & Julieann Moore. But for me the film is completely stolen by three people:
Burt Reynolds who gives the best performace he's ever done!
Phillip Seymore Hoffman as the twitchy Scotty J
And Willam H Macy as the much dumped on Little Bill.
All in alll it's s stellar cast & a phenominal movie!
As for the DVD there is one thing that irked me: Why a two disc set for such a poor set of extras?
Disc one has nothing more than a couple of commentaries. The first of which is a brilliant & insightful one by director P.T. Anderson.
The second one is rather boring as it features the cast & the director drunk & simply praising each other for the full 2 1/2 hours!
Disc two has a 10 deleted scenes, Talent profiles (of both the actors & their characters), The john C Reilly files (nothing more than three clips of his improvisations during the shooting of the movie), A music Video of a song that wasn't in the film and....that's it!! No trailers,no "Making Of", nothing.
In a way i'm sort of glad that it is a two disc set though because the film is presented in a much better bitrate & look amazing....but...i doubt it would have suffered much had the extras been moved onto the first disc.
So....if you want my advice....buy this movie...and buy it now!
Peace Out Baby!
One of the best films of the 90s (if not ever made) - By: Leon Moore, 08 Apr 2007 Suprised to see more people hadnt given this film 5 stars (although evreyone is most certanly entitled to their own opinion) this movie shows you the dark side of the porn industry, this film is dark disturbing, funny, realistic & a film i truly belive diserves no less than 5 stars & for this price on amazon you realy cant go rong, truly one of the most entertaining films ever made.
Main theme...sex! - By: Henry Watkinson, 12 Oct 2006 
Okay the main plot of this film is a genrously endowed man rises & fallls then rises (no jokes please) in the porn industry under the tutorship of Burt Reynolds & Julianne Moore. This is a very much 'if you like that sort of thing' movie. I've seen it several times & the beginning of Dirk Diggler's downfalll still catches me by surprise. It seems to me to be a case of too much, too young. Rumor has it that Leonardo DiCaprio was offered the role. DiCaprio declined but suggested Mark Whalberg instead & it was probably a good thing he did! Whalberg fits the shoes of Dirk Diggler perfectly it is difficult after you've seen it to imagine anybody else playing him so perfectly. But do rent it first it is always wise to do that!
Some great moments - By: Neb, 24 Feb 2006 Never taken seriously because of its rubbish title & tiresome subject matter, this riches-to-rags story has great performances from alll involved, some highly intelligent sub-plots, & keeps you riveted despite its rambling structure & two hour running time. Extra points for having both the scariest drug dealer scene & funniest music recording scene in any film ever.
