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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: One thing I'll say for Showgirls, it's educational. But sadly, it isn't much else. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A film of thunderous oafishness that gives adult subject matter the kind of bad name it does not need or deserve. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: The script -- a generic blend mixing the soap of All About Eve with the suds of Valley of the Dolls -- is replete with the clunkiest dialogue this side of Peyton Place. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Berkley's acting debut is a joy, if you can call it acting: she jumps up and down a lot to indicate excitement. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A waste of a perfectly good NC-17 rating. Read more
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. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Showgirls... is one of those delirious, hilarious botches that could be taught in film schools as a How Not To. Read more
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic: Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: To take Showgirls that seriously (as either trash-art or appalling pornography) wouldn't be worth the exertion. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: An overcoat movie for men who don't want to be seen going into a porno theater. Read more