Showgirls

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Showgirls

NC-17

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2h 11m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley) arrives in Las Vegas with only a suitcase and a dream of becoming a top showgirl. She quickly befriends Molly (Gina Ravera), who works at the high-profile Stardust Hotel, and lands a job at a seedy strip club. A chance meeting with Cristal (Gina Gershon), the Stardust's marquee dancer, and her powerful boyfriend, Zack (Kyle MacLachlan), brings Nomi one step closer to realizing her dream. But, as she ascends to the top, Nomi begins to wonder if it's all worth it.

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Critics Consensus

Vile, contemptible, garish, and misogynistic -- and that might just be exactly Showgirls' point.

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Claire Monk

Sight & Sound

Nov 4

Comes to feel like a never-ending nightmare

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jun 4

3/5

Are we rushing to clothe the naked emperor by contriving emollient or contrarian explanations for all this? Perhaps. It remains weirdly innocent in its absurdity.

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Judy Gerstel

Toronto Star

03/27/2024

1/5

The filmmakers rub our noses in the whole sordid sex thing we love to hate and hate to love, no doubt laughing at us the entire time, all the way to the bank.

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Aisha Harris

Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast)

Sep 30

It's really, really fun. And it's terrible. But I think part of what makes it so good and what has made it become the camp classic that it is is the fact that everyone is so committed to this movie.

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Sam Moore

Vague Visages

06/05/2024

Whether or not anyone thinks that it succeeds as a satire of the male gaze and objectification, it relishes in the trashiness of the surfaces it may or may not want to critique...the camp glory of Showgirls, however, comes from those very surfaces.

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Gary Wolcott

Tri-City Herald

03/29/2024

1/5

Really, Paul? Plain and simple. Showgirls is pornography. In his hands, and those of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, it might be better labeled poor nography.

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Joseph C

Nov 20

A movie this bad can sometimes age into its "kitsch" and become a guilty pleasure in time. This movie fails to capture this. Even the nudity becomes blase after a while.

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Gualtier M

Nov 15

30 years later found a new masterpiece. tue female version od Studio54. definitely recommend this raw cruel and direct movie

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Johnny R

Oct 12

A guilty pleasure masterpiece!

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Trevor G.

@tlgor1 Sep 27

Made it 5 minutes. The acting is so bad I quickly became uninterested in the plot…assuming there is one.

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Ed .

Aug 29

Darlin' movie. Classy, charming, witty, meaningful, poetic are all words that won't describe Showgirls. If you want quality then watch 12 Angry Men. If you want hysterical camp that is oddly engrossing, enjoyable with repeated viewings, perfect for a watch party, then view Showgirls. You'll learn lessons such as how to pronounce names of designers, how to "thrust it", how not to keep your nails, and how to help your friend exact revenge on celebrity assaulters. Oh and also how to have fun in a swimming pool. Hard to believe this camp crap came out 30 years ago!

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Erik S

Jul 28

The moral of Showgirls is “don’t watch Showgirls”.

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Synopsis

Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley) arrives in Las Vegas with only a suitcase and a dream of becoming a top showgirl. She quickly befriends Molly (Gina Ravera), who works at the high-profile Stardust Hotel, and lands a job at a seedy strip club. A chance meeting with Cristal (Gina Gershon), the Stardust's marquee dancer, and her powerful boyfriend, Zack (Kyle MacLachlan), brings Nomi one step closer to realizing her dream. But, as she ascends to the top, Nomi begins to wonder if it's all worth it.

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Producer: Alan Marshall, Charles Evans
Screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., United Artists
Production Co: United Artists, Chargeurs, Carolco Pictures Inc.
Rating: NC-17
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 22, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.3M
Runtime: 2h 11m
Sound Mix: Surround

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