Showgirls

Al Ruscio, Alan Rachins, Elizabeth Berkley

Nomi Malone is a fiercely independent young woman who comes to Las Vegas running from a troubled past. Looking for a break on the Las Vegas Strip, she lands a job as an erotic dancer at the Cheetah Cl...( read more  read more... )ub. But, to make ends meet, she also works as a lap dancer in the club's back room. Possessed of a raw and riveting dancing talent, Nomi is soon introduced to the vastly different world of the big Las Vegas shows--and the powerful men and women who run them. Zack, the handsome and ambitious entertainment director at the Stardust, could push Nomi into the spotlight. Cristal, the glamorous star of the stage show Goddess, is inexorably drawn to Nomi's beauty and spirit and may make her... or break her. As the complex bonds of passion, jealousy and love form between them, Nomi is pulled deeper into the world she so desperately desires.

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NC-17, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven

Released: September 22, 1995

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  • April 25, 2008
    It's like going to a strip club. It sounds like a great idea, but when you get there, the naked women are hideous, you're not getting off like you thought you would be, and then you realize you're poorer than had you just stayed home.
  • April 7, 2008
    Possibly the best post modern comedy of the 90's
  • March 3, 2008
    Needs some better looking showgirls who can act.
  • February 21, 2008
    Probably one of the best BAD movies ever made. I little depressing if you are familiar with any of the press that Elzabeth Berkley did for this film. She spent SO much time talking about how hard she worked on this film and how proud she was of it, that you can't help but wonde... ...( read more )
  • February 1, 2008
    Mean-spirited, inept, and unwatchable. Not shocking, merely dismaying. I can understand Joe Eszterhas turning out trash, but Paul Verhoeven should have seen this trainwreck coming. Such a shame.
  • July 3, 2009
    There's no denying it. This film is a piece of crap. Sure, it's entertaining, but it's hard to get over how much attention it brings to itself in it's crap quality.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A waste of a perfectly good NC-17 rating. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Think of Flashdance but with an unappealing leading lady playing a woman whose fierce ambition is to do something not admirable, just ridiculous. full review

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  • luc1961
    May 10, 2009
    Not bad. The story is not so good but I like the dancing-scenes.
  • numu33
    February 23, 2008
    bexybexybexybexybexbex
  • scottsutton2000
    January 3, 2007
    is it porn?
    is it art?
    is it a social comment on fame and greed?
    is it a comedy?
    its all of the above....switch off ya brain....get a tissue to wipe....your tears (of laughter) and enjoy

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