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They added that the president, second-year law student Brian J. Burt, planned it without asking for their approval...
...porn star (played by The Artist Formerly Known as Marky Mark, no less) evolves into a touching yet refreshingly quirky family drama, as the "star" finds himself becoming part of a veritable clan made up of flawed but endearing members of the seamy industry and headed by Burt Reynolds' would-be-visionary filmmaker. Director Paul Anderson displays a remarkable eye and ear for the fluffy vacuousness and conspicuously awful taste of Disco era, while paying obviously sincere cinematic homage to some of the greatest directors who emerged from this period...
...Burt Reynolds plays the patriarch, Jack Horner, an idealist porn director convinced that his films are art. With his wife Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), Jack serves as a surrogate parent to his actors: Eddie, whom he finds working as a runner in a disco; Rollergirl (Heather Graham), named for the rollerskates that never leave her feet, even when the rest of her clothing do; and Reed Rothschild (John C. Reilly), Eddie's boyish sidekick. This family, which includes a few other "stars" and crew members like Little Bill (William H. Macy) and Buck Swope (Don Cheadle), proves surprisingly endearing...
...trick Anderson and his cast pull off is so admirable. Anderson makes the inherently unlikable lovable, the kitschy worthwhile and the ridiculous meaningful. Mark Wahlberg is excellent as the central character who changes from innocent and stupid Eddie Adams to egotistical and stupid porn star Dirk Diggler. Burt Reynolds seems likely to get a Travolta-like burst of renewed big-screen legitimacy from this role, as plays Jack with such sincerity that we almost believe that his films might actually be good (until we see how hilariously bad they really are). Jack, who has the delicacy to use terms like...
...some perspective as well. By the end of the film, in a shot that cleverly mirrors the opening disco scene, Jack surveys his "family" and uses a classic '70s word to describe what his life has become in the '80s: "mel-Photo courtesy of New Line CinemaAN ENSEMBLE CAST: BURT REYNOLDS, MARK WAHLBERG and JULIANNE MOORE invite you to their party and hope that you will stay around to help...