Showgirls
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Actor: Gina GershonPrimary Contributor: Elizabeth Berkley
Edition: VHS Tape
Running Time: 131 minutes
Publisher: MGM/United Artists
Studio: MGM/United Artists
VHS Movie Reviews of Showgirls
Movie Review: Not for everyone
Summary: 4 Stars
(written by Leigh's wife): I was very glad to see that this was the same version that I wanted; I originally had a VHS copy of the "unrated" version. Everything was as I remembered it.
I will admit that this movie is not for everyone. I'm hard put to say why I like it - but I do. It's erotic, it's compelling, it's interesting. While I will admit that this isn't exactly Academy Award material, I don't understand the distain and dislike that most people have shown for it.
DEFINITELY only for adults!
Movie Review: love this movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
the most misunderstood movie of the 90s. I learn something new about it every time I see it. I love this movie! Movie Review: Bring Showgirls to Blu-Ray
Summary: 5 Stars
This is like my favorite stupidist awesome film ever. I will watch it, without interuption anytime I see it, I cannot pass it up! Even the Tv version is awesome! This neeeds to be on Blu-Ray, it's begging to be on Blu-Ray, I'm begging for it to be on Blu-ray! With all these extras of course, and maybe a new cast commenentary on cast memebers cellulite in HD, kidding! Most awesome cast ever, a new commentary would be nice Movie Review: Saved by the Bell: What happened to Jesse when the others went to college
Summary: 5 Stars
Ah, Showgirls, the best worst movie of all time. Oh, how I love it so.
Poor Jesse Spano (Elizabeth Berkley in the most masochistic role in cinema history), after being caught cheating on the SATs, her offer letters now nothing more than trash, she didn't get into the university of her dreams, she hit rock bottom; and when Slater dumped her for image purposes, her whole world crashed. Jealous of how Zack, Screech, Slater, and Kelly were hanging out in college, she sunk into a deep depression, changed her name to Nomi Malone, and thought about the next step. Out of nowhere, she began hooking, counting Mr. Belding as one of her first clients at Bayside. Realizing she wanted more in life, she soon gave up selling the goods and began hitch-hiking towards Las Vegas.
Soon after arriving in Vegas she befriends James Smith (Plummer), a club dancer with an apparently progressive form of hyperopia; that's the only way one can explain his appreciation for Nomi's dancing, giving him about as much talent-scouting credibility as Tom Cruise has in the field of psychiatry. Other than dancing all they have in common is that down on her luck Nomi would probably snatch a watch, and James would, well, you get the point.
Unfortunately for Nomi - fortunately for all others - she finds work as a grungy stripper to pay the bills. In her initial, on-screen strip-club appearance, she meets up with Zack Carey (MacLachlan) and Cristal Connors (Gershon). Naturally, she gets bitterly nostalgic, thinks of her old buddy Zack Morris, and attempts to inflict a severe case of Peyronie's disease with a violent, non-erotic lap dance given to Zack Carey. Cristal and Zack can't help but to notice Nomi, and in a matter of no time she's in the "Goddess" show where Cristal is the star.
To advance, Nomi's plan is three-fold: First, she has sex with Zack in a pool, no doubt taking out her past academic failures while thinking of Zack Morris while writhing around in what is widely regarded as the best gran mal seizure ever captured on film. Second, she overacts to the extent of torture, causing others physical discomfort while displaying less range than Coolio showed in "Leprechaun in the Hood". Third, and most important, she plans on teaching Cristal about compound leg fractures. Pretty solid plans if you ask me. Will she get the lead role? Will she succeed in Vegas? Will she chuck it all and enroll at the local community college?
It's failed soft-core porn, laughably bad, deplorable acting and detestable dialogue, the pinnacle of unintentional comedy. There is no way a sane person involved with this production can actually think it's good. Saturated with enough nudity to warrant the dreaded NC-17 - and Berkley IS gorgeous, especially when nude - it's perfect for the target audience. I love it!
Movie Review: i'm sorry but i love this movie
Summary: 4 Stars
i don't know why, but i love it.
it's fun, sassy, sexual, and AMAZING.
i know everyone else thinks it sucks but i love it <3
i wish it didn't bomb so they would have made a sequel like the ending suggested D:
Summary of Showgirls
When Goldie Hawn recommended Elizabeth Berkley for a small role in First Wives Club, she publicly stated that Berkley deserved the opportunity to redeem herself after starring in the ridiculous Showgirls. That says it all: this sleazy, stupid movie, which mixes soft pornography with the clich?s of backstage dramas, is the kind of project an aspiring actress would have to put well behind her to keep a career going (though costar Gina Gershon certainly benefited from her, uh, exposure in the film). Berkley plays a drifter who hitches a ride to Las Vegas, becomes a lap dancer and then a performer, and discovers--gasp!--there's a whole world of sex and violence involved with these things. Gershon is probably the best element in the film, playing Berkley's bisexual rival for the big spotlight on stage. Joe Eszterhas was well overpaid for writing this howler, and director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct) should have known better than to take it seriously. --Tom KeoghDrama Video
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