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The Last Showgirl review: Pamela Anderson is 'a revelation' in poignant Las Vegas-set drama

Gia Coppola's latest is an atmospheric and sympathetic drama about the showgirls on the Vegas strip, featuring "sharply drawn characters" and outstanding performances from Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson.

Pamela Anderson is a revelation and Jamie Lee Curtis is funny and heart-rending in Gia Coppola's poignant, Las Vegas-set

The Last Showgirl. Anderson plays Shelley, a dancer who has been in the same revue for 30 years, and has just learned the show is closing. She has not just lost a job she adored, at an age when she is unlikely to get another like it; she has lost her very identity.

In a supporting role, Curtis is her friend, Annette, once a showgirl and now hanging on as a cocktail waitress at the same club. That's not an ideal job for someone like her, with a gambling problem. Although Las Vegas is known for glitz, Anderson and Curtis's lack of vanity in the roles is among the film's most powerful features. Coppola depicts their lives with sympathy but also with clear-eyed honesty about the dreams they never achieved and the youth that's impossible to reclaim.

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by Anonymousreply 47December 1, 2024 5:34 PM

I hope she steals the entirety of Angelina's thunder.

by Anonymousreply 1September 7, 2024 7:19 PM

And Jennifer’s too.

by Anonymousreply 2September 7, 2024 8:25 PM

Moron

by Anonymousreply 3September 7, 2024 8:29 PM

Sold…I’m buying it.

by Anonymousreply 4September 7, 2024 8:42 PM

You lost me at JLC.

by Anonymousreply 5September 7, 2024 8:46 PM

Rave reviews.

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by Anonymousreply 6September 7, 2024 8:56 PM

r6 A single star? Bitch, please. Clearly bending over backwards to shit on it.

by Anonymousreply 7September 7, 2024 9:04 PM

Pamela Anderson loves dictators and is on Putin’s payroll. Fuck her. Ugly cunt.

by Anonymousreply 8September 7, 2024 9:43 PM

Big comeback? Comeback from what? A sex tape? Baywatch?

by Anonymousreply 9September 7, 2024 9:44 PM

R6. The Guardian seems to stand alone in their criticism.

by Anonymousreply 10September 7, 2024 9:48 PM

Pamela and Demi both getting the best reviews of their careers. Good for them. I love it.

by Anonymousreply 11September 7, 2024 10:10 PM

And both Anderson and Moore are getting Oscar buzz.

by Anonymousreply 12September 14, 2024 5:09 PM

[quote]The commentary on gender and age feels easy and unspecific and the world of the Vegas showgirl created from too great of a distance to really ring true.

Oh dear, Guardian.

by Anonymousreply 13September 14, 2024 5:16 PM

They're both correct, although "too great of a" is considered less formal and more conversational.

by Anonymousreply 14September 14, 2024 5:21 PM

Anytime someone says an actor is a 'revelation' - just toss it in the bin.

So hackey and over-used. Ugh.

Hope it gets Pam some other jobs - I miss seeing her.

by Anonymousreply 15September 14, 2024 5:23 PM

R5 that’s academy award winner and recent Emmy winner, JLC, you feckless cunt!

by Anonymousreply 16September 14, 2024 5:26 PM

This seems more akin to Simon Rex getting Oscar Buzz. Would be awesome to see it happen to Pamela Anderson though.

by Anonymousreply 17September 14, 2024 5:27 PM

r17 Your comment doesn't even make sense

by Anonymousreply 18September 14, 2024 5:30 PM

Jamie is coming for #2.

by Anonymousreply 19September 14, 2024 5:57 PM

R19 haven’t you seen her Activia commercials? Jamie Lee already had like 3 number 2s today!

by Anonymousreply 20September 14, 2024 6:14 PM

Can't wait, sounds fabulous! I love Pam and Jamie Lee!

by Anonymousreply 21September 14, 2024 6:45 PM

Nobody loves an old whore more than the DL gays!

by Anonymousreply 22September 14, 2024 6:48 PM

The best performance in this film is given by Dave Bautista.

The worst is Jamie Lee Curtis as some ancient burn victim. They really shouldn’t have encouraged her with that Oscar.

by Anonymousreply 23November 29, 2024 10:43 PM

The PA troll in the house

by Anonymousreply 24November 29, 2024 10:47 PM

Here's the trailer. I would love for Pamela to get nominated and not JLC.

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by Anonymousreply 25November 29, 2024 10:48 PM

Sorry girls - Cynthia Erivo (formerly known as Ariana DeBose) is going to sweep the award nominations as well as the awards themselves come 2025. If Erivo doesn't win an Oscar for 'Wicked', there will be hell to pay - and Sunny Hostin will be front and center. If you think Sunny was 'highly perturbed' that Harris lost a few weeks ago, WAIT and see what happens if Erivo loses to a white woman, or (gulp!) doesn't get nominated at all. Mark my words.

by Anonymousreply 26November 29, 2024 10:53 PM

[quote] Anytime someone says an actor is a 'revelation' - just toss it in the bin.

"A revelation" is the new "incandescent."

by Anonymousreply 27November 29, 2024 10:59 PM

JLC is too old to be a cocktail waitress. Reno, maybe.

by Anonymousreply 28November 29, 2024 11:00 PM

It’s like the blew the whole make up budget on JLC so everyone else isn’t wearing any.

I mean, the dye job on JLC is just insulting to marginalised women everywhere.

by Anonymousreply 29November 29, 2024 11:05 PM

JLC would be a grand Midwestern greasy spoon waitress pushing Sanka.

by Anonymousreply 30November 29, 2024 11:06 PM

r23, good to hear that about Dave. He's really invested in being an actor, rather than a personality.

by Anonymousreply 31November 29, 2024 11:06 PM

If that is Dace Bautista’s real hair then all I have to say is: FUCK ME, DAVE BAUTISTA. Also: RAW DOG ME, DAVE BAUTISTA. CUM IN MY HOLE.

And if it isn’t his real hair, I would say: Put the wig on, Dave.

Also, this script is terrible. The Coppolas have it too easy in this industry. Nobody else would’ve got this shit made.

by Anonymousreply 32November 29, 2024 11:08 PM

OMG. JLC free dancing to Total Eclipse of the Heart looking like ages carrying triplets. This is a terrible film.

This is worse than Megalopolis .

by Anonymousreply 33November 29, 2024 11:14 PM

*she’s carrying triplets

by Anonymousreply 34November 29, 2024 11:15 PM

Coming soon to Tubi.

by Anonymousreply 35November 29, 2024 11:16 PM

Plus I love it when nepo babies like Billie Lourd try to play working glass. Like she’s ever wanted for anything in her life with her dad running CAA.

by Anonymousreply 36November 29, 2024 11:18 PM

I can see it now....

JLC makes her inevitable appearance on 'The View' just in time to promote herself for an Oscar. Sara, obligingly says: "I'm hearing Oscar buzz for your performance."

Before JLC can answer, Sunny shoots Sara a look and says, "No you're not. That buzz is for Cynthia."

by Anonymousreply 37November 29, 2024 11:18 PM

And the screenwriter was in her mid-‘30s when she wrote this which why there’s not one authentic, insightful moment in it. It’s just the same scene over and over: sad old people with no hope.

I wonder if all the strings on the soundtrack are in the screenplay.

by Anonymousreply 38November 29, 2024 11:33 PM

This is just dreadful.

Remember Flashdance? Remember the cliched speech the old dancer gave to Alex, saying she liked the tu tus or something like that?

Nothing in this film approaches the comparatively dramatic power of that speech.

by Anonymousreply 39November 29, 2024 11:40 PM

Could be worse...

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by Anonymousreply 40November 30, 2024 12:38 AM

Does Pam show her tits?

by Anonymousreply 41November 30, 2024 1:55 AM

Apparently JLC steals the whole movie.

by Anonymousreply 42November 30, 2024 2:05 AM

R42 = Jamie Lee Curtis

by Anonymousreply 43November 30, 2024 10:25 PM

It’s more like JLC takes a good portion of the movie hostage.

by Anonymousreply 44December 1, 2024 2:37 PM

Would see. Can one hope for a subtle nod to Showgirls (1995)?

by Anonymousreply 45December 1, 2024 3:04 PM

Hadn't really understood this culture in the first place but anyway: AI Overview: No, showgirls are no longer a part of the Las Vegas Strip or any other venue in Las Vegas. The showgirl era ended with the closure of the last remaining showgirl production, Jubilee!, in 2016. However, there are still shows in Las Vegas that feature talented dancers and performers:

by Anonymousreply 46December 1, 2024 3:07 PM

Apparently is wasn’t in the budget, R45.

If Francis sold one of his vineyards to make Megalopolis, it looks like Gia sold a case of wine to make The Last Showgirl.

by Anonymousreply 47December 1, 2024 5:34 PM
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