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Showgirls [1996]
from Pathe Distribution
starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi
directed by Paul Verhoeven

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

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 clichés of backstage dramas, is the kind of project an aspiring actress would have to put well behind her to keep a career going (though co-star 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 Keogh, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Complete trash
  Even Kyle McLauchlan distanced himself from his role in this movie. It is nearly as bad as watching the last hour of Casino. The whole movie is trying to be something else - Studio 54, Thelma and Louise, and other Kings of the B grade. If you are getting this for the sexual content, best avoid and head for the adult section.

• A FANTASTICALLY MIS-UNDERSTOOD CLASSIC !
  Cards on the table straight-away.
  I LOVE this movie !
  Always have done, ever since I first saw it years back.
  Just WHY do the critics pillory this movie so much ?
  Good story-line, good acting, especially by the Delectable Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi who is just So Sexy - as well as being a very erotic dancer....
  Gina Gershon is also great, playing the bi-sexual Lead Dancer heading for a
  Fall - quite literally !
  And lots of smaller parts that help contribute to his... more info

• A Cult Classic
  Showgirls is an excellent cult film. Its filled with terrible dialogue delivered by actors in performances that they'd surely rather forget. Paul Verhoeven - usually a top notch director - fails spectacularly with his fourteenth film and the script by Joe "I Don't Know Anything About Women" Eszterhas is laughable.
  It stars Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi Malone (She's alone in the world, get the joke?), an ambitious young woman who has dreams of becoming a famous dancer in Las Vegas. Berkley's performance is... more info

• Misunderstood and underrated... probably
  I should start with a caveat - I am a huge Verhoeven fan. His Hollywood films are some of my favourite film treats, and I have probably watched them more times than is healthy.
  What intrigues me about Showgirls is that it follows a familiar pattern within Verhoeven's work, but one which seems to have passed most viewers by. Robocop was a masterful pastiche of policier dramas, ultraviolent underground movies, and tongue-in-cheek social commentary. Basic Instinct was a wonderful parody of Hitchcockian... more info

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