February 9, 2005
Deep Shot
We're going to go out on a limb and say that Inside Deep Throat has been (so far) reviewed and chewed over more times and by more people than The Aviator and Sideways combined. Ken Tucker in New York magazine joins the fray.
Inside Deep Throat's flaws are few. It alludes only briefly to underworld connections to porn profits, but only the FBI plus Superman could penetrate that deadly thicket. It spends too much time milking laughs out of a retired Florida movie distributor and his wife, who squabble riotously over their misgivings about screening the movie. But mostly, Inside Deep Throat is more than a giggle-it's a valuable document of a cultural shift. The vintage shot of Reems flanked by new pals Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty alone says more about the nascent nexus of showbiz and sex than a million Howard Stern-Jenna Jameson chatfests.
