Review of Showgirls

Showgirls (1995)
1/10
518th Review: Truly deserves its awful reputation and then some
26 November 2012
Warning: Spoilers
In a word: eeeeeew. This film will make you ashamed. Or at least it really, really should. One star is given with the word (awful) as an indicator - this film is exactly that - awful. What life itself cannot prepare you for is just how awful this is.

Not only does everyone spend more time with their clothes off than on, there is a sadistically nasty streak to the whole thing - including a particularly nasty rape - that sucks all the joy and silliness out of it.

I finally got around to watching it having avoided it for the best part of 20 years and now understand why that avoidance was a good thing. It is seriously one of the most utterly appalling films ever made and shows that it is possible to spend millions of dollars on nothing.

I will never ever ever watch it again - it's not ironic, or cultic or anything. Just gave this reviewer chills as to how this project ever got greenlighted in the first place. I will not be watching the sequel either. A film only for desperately sad men.
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