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Showgirls (1995) 4.5
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4.5/10 from 47,330 users
Metascore: 16/100
Reviews: 443 user | 151 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com A young drifter, named Nomi, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls. Director:Paul Verhoeven (as Jan Jansen)Writer:Joe Eszterhas |
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Nomi Malone, a mysterious young girl with the ambition to dance embarks on a journey to Las Vegas to become a showgirl in a high-class hotel show. There she meets Molly, a seamstress at the Stardust Hotel and the two quickly become good friends. She gets a job as a lap dancer at the seedy Cheetah Club but after a chance meeting with Cristal Connors, the star of Goddess, the current show at the hotel where Molly works, Nomi manages to secure an audition for a spot on the chorus line.However she soon realises that fame comes with a price as her friendships, her morals and her soul are put to the test as she works her way up the ladder and eventually becomes the star of the show, stealing Cristal's part. She begins to wonder if all of her work was for nothing and if she can reclaim her life back before it is too late. Written by David Rush
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Beyond your wildest dreams. Beyond your wildest fantasies. See more »Genres:
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Rated NC-17 for nudity and erotic sexuality throughout, and for some graphic language and sexual violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 September 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Les Girls de Las Vegas See more »Box Office
Budget:
$45,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
£729,483 (UK) (19 January 1996)Company Credits
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Jeff: Hop in, pard!
Nomi Malone: Where are you going?
Jeff: Vegas! Come on! This is your lucky day!
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Lyrics by David Bowie
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Performed by David Bowie
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Set an all-time RAZZIE Award record with 13 nominations (one or more in all 11 categories of the 1996 Awards). Its seven "wins" tied it with Battlefield Earth (2000) as the third most dis-honored film in RAZZIE history (I Know Who Killed Me (2007) later held the dubious distinction with eight "wins". Which itself was then beaten by Jack and Jill (2011) with ten "wins".) See more »Goofs
Toward the end of the movie, when Nomi visits Cristal in the hospital, she says goodbye and they kiss. In one take Cristal's lipstick is smeared, from another angle it is perfect, and the picture switches between the two takes a few times. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jeff: Hop in, pard!
Nomi Malone: Where are you going?
Jeff: Vegas! Come on! This is your lucky day!
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I'm glad I didn't turn this off 20 minutes in, thinking that it was basically what I'd heard and expected. Despite all the early embarrassing missteps and clunky lines delivered by Ms Berkeley, the film actually grew into an experience that I didn't want to turn off. It's ten times as good as Striptease.
It's not Citizen Kane, but it's not a soft-core porn version of Rock Star (awful film) either. Most of the characters were well-developed and believable, even it the situations were not. And there's plenty of humor, the vast majority of it intentional.
I'm wondering if most of the heavy derision of the film comes from Puritanical attitudes, rather than from an honest evaluation. If unromanticized sex and heavy nudity -- literally, in the case of one character -- make you (or your viewing companions) uncomfortable, Showgirls probably not for you.
I enjoyed it and would watch it again.