Who Is Burt Reynolds Like The Nicolas Cage

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In some ways, Burt Reynolds is like the Nicolas Cage for the generation above him: For every good movie he’s in, there’re inevitably 5 or 6 bad ones to fill the space between them. But whilst many of Cage’s sorry shifts have been so over-the-top campy that they’re almost entertaining in their awfulness, Reynolds’ regularly woeful appearances have simply been dull, dreary and demoralizing.
After two largely dismal decades in the 1980’s and 90’s that featured embarrassing performances in Cannonball Run, Stroker Ace, and Cop and a Half, Reynolds’ career seemed all but dead in the ground. In 1997, however, he took a part in a little movie named Boogie Nights, and showed everyone in the world how good he really can be.
Reynolds strikes all the right

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