This movie is good overall. The first time I saw it I was fifteen years old and I thought it was freaky. Besides Heather Graham taking off her top, I didn't know what to expect. Sure, the movie is raunchy, but you have to expect the degree of raunchiness this movie has before you check it out. Despite the trashiness of the main characters, the movie was well acted and actually does have some moral value. Mark Wahlburg does well as John Travolta wannabe Dirk Diggler. He does a really good mood change from being a naive, somewhat modest high school dropout turned fresh young porn star in the 70's, to being a stuck-up, drug addicted, low on his game nobody in the 80's. Burt Reynolds was the actor in this that, if you hated the whole movie, you'd probably like his role because he plays it so well. Especially where he'd make this movie that was obviously terribly acted, and he'd say to his producer, "This is the best piece of work I've ever created." Robert Ridgly, as Colonal Jack, also had a pretty powerful scene. The scene where he was talking to Reynolds from jail is pretty powerful. Overall, this is a hard movie to get in the mood with. The characters and plot are hard to understand at first, but you'll like it. I give it an A-. This movie will shock you, make you laugh, maybe make you cry, and it takes a lot of risks. Note to guys: Wahlburg drops out an 18 inch rubber dick from his pants at the end of the movie. Be prepared to avert your eyes at all costs.
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