Go Go Tales (2007)

65% of critics liked it
(17 reviews)
50% want to see it
(347 ratings)

Indie stalwart Abel Ferrara helms this quirky comedy about the goings-on at a downtown cabaret. Willem Defoe stars as Ray Ruby, the proprietor of a joint where all of the dancing girls have big dreams of working their way up to bigger and better things. But trouble begins to brew when money suddenly… More Indie stalwart Abel Ferrara helms this quirky comedy about the goings-on at a downtown cabaret. Willem Defoe stars as Ray Ruby, the proprietor of a joint where all of the dancing girls have big dreams of working their way up to bigger and better things. But trouble begins to brew when money suddenly comes between Ray and his two associates, played by Bob Hoskins and Matthew Modine. Asia Argento and Drea de Matteo also star. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By: Abel Ferrara
Written By: Abel Ferrara
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Studio: IFC First Take

Critic Reviews

Manohla Dargis, New York Times
A touching and tender valentine to a lost New York, a city that now exists only as a hallucination.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
A highly personal movie, Go Go Tales finds Ferrara in a frenzied yet pensive mode.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Ferrara is in a wonderfully loose and comedic mood.
Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter
Amazingly dunderheaded.
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze
An alternately earthy and stylized cross of Robert Altman and Federico Fellini where the freaks trump the tramps as the main attraction.
Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com
big-hearted, unabashedly cheesy and larger-than-life
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
A typically lax late-period Ferrara work, far from the glories of King of New York.
Victoria Alexander, FilmsInReview.com
In Ferrera's strip club, the owner sings a sad love song on stage.
Jamie Tipps, Film Threat
For a film about a strip club, it's surprisingly boring.
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Very reminiscent of John Cassavetes' The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, but not as focused.
Karina Longworth, SpoutBlog
Probably the most lovingly photographed stripper movie of all time.
Prairie Miller, Critical Women
A self-indulgent fleshfest that's not just about stripping and lap dancing but *is* stripping and lap dancing for nearly its entire 96 minutes, Abel Ferrara's Go Go Tales feels poles apart, so to speak, from an actual movie.
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
Go Go Tales' sleazy energy, sense of community, black humor and bittersweet nostalgia are infectious.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Welcome to the seedy demimonde of the club Paradise, where Ferrara probes the dreams of lives less ordinary, including his own.
Richard Mowe, Boxoffice Magazine
Wacky and good-humored, Go Go has a seductive visual appeal that Ferrara exploits to the fullest.
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
A shallow but vivid backstage portrait of a strip club as phenom on the verge of extinction, drawing on films by Cassavetes, Altman and Egoyan. Feminist critics will have a field day with Ferrara's male gaze at the gorgeous, stereotypical performers.
Jonathan Romney, Screen International
Good-natured but somewhat half-baked.

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Cast

            Willem Dafoe as Ray Ruby

            Bob Hoskins as The Baron

            Matthew Modine as Johnie Ruby

            Asia Argento as Monroe

            Riccardo Scamarcio as Dr. Steven

            Lou Doillon
            
            Sylvia Miles as Lillian Murray

            Roy Dotrice as Jay

            Stefania Rocca as Debby

            Prakazrel "Pras" Michel as Sandman

            Joe Cortese as Danny Cash

            Frankie Cee
            
            Burt Young
            
            Shanyn Leigh
            
            Manuela Zero
            
            Justine Mattera
            
            Sabina Beganovic
            
            Selena Khoo
            
            Chiara Picchi
            
            Julie McNiven
            
            Gilda Lepardhala
            
            María Jurado
            
            Julia Mayarchuck
            
            Aurora Giuliani
            
            Mara Adriani
            
            Leila Virzi
            
            Anita Pallenberg
            
            Bianca Balti
            
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