Al Ruscio, Alan Rachins, Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Gina Ravera ...( see more  see more... ) , Glenn Plummer , Greg Travis , Kyle MacLachlan , Lin Tucci , Patrick Bristow , Robert Davi , William Shockley

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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14% liked it

37 critics

NC-17, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven

Release Date: September 22, 1995

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DVD Release Date: April 25, 2000

Stats: 3,194 reviews

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  • September 29, 2009
    Hilarious and extremely unsexy!
  • July 15, 2009
    My salvation in those lonely pre-internet-porn days. Berkley and Gershon are instant erection. Oh yeah, this movie is no worse than any other straight to video soft-core flick ever made, is just that this was released in cinemas. It was an easy target for critics, when Striptease...( read more) is far more atrocious, and with way less boobs.
  • 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.
  • December 29, 2009
    One of my absolute favorites! Elizabeth Berkley should get an award for having the flattest ass in Hollywood!
  • November 15, 2009
    my most watched film lol
  • November 2, 2009
    A real stinkeroo.About as erotic as Margeret Thatcher in a basque!It takes a real talent to over act whilst pole dancing.The director had the good grace to personally collect his Razzie award for worst film.
  • October 31, 2009
    Elizabeth Berkley is hot enough for 5 stars but the rest of the movie is a zero.
  • October 28, 2009
    Wow, this is one bad movie... Elizabeth Berkley makes her way to the title of worst acting performance. The movie is a complete joke, and is unbelievably funny (though it is not actually a comedy).

Critic Reviews


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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