Review of Showgirls (1995) by Tom S — 24 Jul 2008
This movie is an endless source of trashy entertainment. Watch and giggle with delight as Elizabeth Berkley sheds her "Saved by the Bell" roots and walks around ass-naked for basically most of this movie not particularly scant running time while "dancing", as most of the character's in this movie called it.
Nomi dances (along with basically everyone else) like a spaztic chicken (she also looks like an octopus at one point as well) and flails around like a diabetic looking for insulin during the film's several acrobatic and unintentionally hilarious sex scenes.
Logic is completely tossed out the window as Nomi stars in a Vegas topless show called Goddess which would have been impossible to produce in real life, flips into blind rage without the slightest provocation, has an emotional lesbian bonding moment involving dog food, and struggles to pronounce the names of designer fashion labels (anyone up for a shopping spree at Ver-say-ce?).
The biggest mystery of this movie is how so many decent stars (Gina Gershon and especially Kyle MacLachlan) got roped into this trainwreck of a film. One of the funniest things I have ever seen in my entire life.
A scummy masterpiece that definitely lives up to its moniker of "best worst movie ever".
This review of Showgirls (1995) was written by Tom S on 24 Jul 2008.
Showgirls has generally received negative reviews.
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