Burt Reynolds and birthday girl Dolly Parton anchor this raunchy comedy musical as the star-crossed sheriff of a small Texas town and his longtime paramour and madam of the Chicken Ranch, the titular top-tier bordello. When slimy muckraker Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to shut the ranch down with an exposé, Sheriff Ed Earl appeals to the out-to-lunch Texas Capitol in one of the funniest skewerings of our state’s politics ever to grace the silver screen. It’s worth it to see this one with a live audience – collective laughs are all but guaranteed. – Lina Fisher
