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Who knew such a seamy swim in the misogynistic swill of life could be so entertaining?
Read the full reviewAs Nomi, Elizabeth Berkley has exactly two emotions -- hot and bothered -- but her party-doll blowsiness works for the picture.
Read the full reviewIf the plot and screenplay are juvenile, the production values are first-rate, and the lead performance by newcomer Elizabeth Berkley has a fierce energy that's always interesting.
Read the full reviewTo take Showgirls that seriously (as either trash-art or appalling pornography) wouldn't be worth the exertion.
Read the full reviewWhat's completely baffling is that everyone in the film thinks Nomi is one heck of a dancer, even though her one move -- throwing her arms out stiffly -- is straight out of "Dr. Strangelove."
Read the full reviewThis film is just a coarser, dumber, smuttier remake of the 1983 Eszterhas-penned "Flashdance," throbbing music, working-class Cinderella and all.
Read the full reviewThis film is like a shiny, red apple that's rotten to the core -- despite slick direction and a glossy sheen, it reeks of decay. Showgirls isn't a good drama, a good thriller, or even good pornography.
Read the full reviewImpossibly vulgar, tawdry and coarse, this much-touted major studio splash into NC-17 waters is akin to being keelhauled through a cesspool, with sharks swimming alongside.
Read the full reviewLacking the combustible Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas in leading roles, Showgirls descends into incoherent tedium. Though the filmmakers' incessant talk about vision, artistry and honest self-expression lead one to expect a sexually explicit biopic about the Dalai Lama, what is in fact provided is depressing and disappointing as well as dehumanizing.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 16
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PERVS!!!!
"i havent seen it and dont want to at all...but i will say,it sounds like the only reason you like it is becuase it has nude girls and sexual situations.THAT DOES'NT make a good movie. Start Thinking with your brains and not (other organs)0 to negative 111,111,000,000 falling stars"
GREAT MOVIE
"I LOVE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IF U WATCH BERKLEY IN SAVE BY THE BELL U SAY WOW WHEN SHE STRIPS NAKED SHE GOT A GREAT BODY OTHER CHILD ACTRESSES SHOULD DO THAT DANIEL FISHEL [TOPANGA],CANDANCE CAMERON[FULL HOUSE DJ] IT WOULD BE ATREAT"
it was good
"well the showgirls movie was really good because there is no movie like it i'm glad i saw it was the best of time movies."
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