Boogie Nights

Released: 1997
Drama
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle
Rated: R
Running Time: 155 minutes

The breakdown: Wahlberg plays a young man who's noticed by an adult movie director at a night club and is an overnight sensation in the porn industry because of his "big" talent.

I had remembered that this movie was nominated for Oscars and other awards.  I thought that meant it was going to be good, or entertaining.  I thought it was neither.
This is a period piece that takes place in the late 70's and continues through the 80's.  Wahlberg is a young man who never finished high school and has two dead-end jobs, but of course, he has big dreams of being a movie star.
Burt Reynolds plays an adult movie director who sees him at a local night club and convinces him to make some movies with him.
Wahlberg's character has an immense penis and does very well in the industry.  Eventually he goes down the path of egotism, drugs, and ruins his career by having a big fight with Reynolds.
There's a few other subplots, but none of them are very interesting just like the main plot.
There's a lot of good actors in this movie, but it just didn't engage me.  I didn't care about the characters and two hours and 35 minutes was wayyyyyyy toooooooo damnnnnnn longggggg.  There were theses scenes that were awkwardly slow for me, and the movie would've benefited big time from some more editing.
I didn't think it was anything special.  Do not waste your time.

I give it a 1 and 1/2 for good solid acting, but no interesting plot and a terribly slow pace.