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Showgirls

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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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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 Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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.  Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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. Go to Full Review
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Timothy P @timop1919 3d This is a classic and one of the most enjoyable batshit crazy movies ever and so many memorable quotes that I use in my daily life all the time. I'm fully convinced if this were released today, the reviews wouldn't be as brutal because people would see the humor and camp. It's ridiculous and over the top but I've never had more FUN watching a movie. See more dede w 5d its a little ragebait but its aight! funny tho! See more 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. See more Gualtier M Nov 15 30 years later found a new masterpiece. tue female version od Studio54. definitely recommend this raw cruel and direct movie See more Johnny R Oct 12 A guilty pleasure masterpiece! See more 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. See more Read all reviews
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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
United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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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