Simply A Masterpiece

Good movie but grossly overrated

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The actual film is very silly and basically just a big paycheck for Demi and her daughters, Rumor Willis's early start to SA Guild membership. The 5 star from me is mostly for Annie Lenox tunes that Dermi grinds to are great. It is basically a part of the greatest hits disc from Annie Lenox. Demi is also in very great shape for this films. The story line is very silly but with just listening to the music.

The plot is pretty simple: She needs cash, and she needs it fast. What better way to make a quick buck by being a stripper. Put all morals to the side, they don't exist in Striptease. She just wants her child back, this makes it right, right? What doesn't make it right, is the fact that this bore fest clocks in at almost 2 hours, and about an hour and a half of it is nothing but filler. If it's not filler, it's literally nothing of NOTHING. ( By the way, there is a scene where her young daughter catches her stripping...not sure what to make of it, to this day. She does compliment her, though.) Striptease is just a little better then the horrible showdown of Showgirls, one year this films senior. Burt Reynolds is in this, too...yeah, you know, you have to bill him from time to time, you can't have him just drop off the map completely. Boring, but can be touching and uplifting from time to time, the film does have soul...you can barely see it, but if not, you can feel it. Somewhat. 3 out of 10 stars. ( Just a reminder, if you want to see Demi naked, this isn't your movie, she bares it all in The Seventh Sign. You perverts!

I have enjoyed this movie ever since I first viewed it. And the main reason is Demi Moore. She has obviously done her homework and her dancing is quite literally, stunning. She is truly superb as one of the sleazy nightclub pole dancers and I appreciate an actor who has taken the time to experience the real thing and then gets it spot on when required. Some of the support cast leave things to be desired. Moore's estranged husband is not the best drunk/drugged I've ever seen and Bert Reynolds portrayal of the congressman couldn't have been more hammed up if the producers had tried. Demi learned to dance like an exotic dancer for this film and after just having a baby at the time, she looks great.And even with an indifferent script, Moore holds it all together so as not to allow these annoyances to ruin this otherwise enjoyable comedy/drama.The story was hugely predictable, and the acting was pretty bad, but this movie was really funny. There were some great one-liners. If you are a fan of Demi Moore, then you will recall her dancing to two terrific Lennox tunes, "Money Can't Buy It" and "Little Bird." These tunes marked the clear highlight of the film, but mysteriously are missing here, along with another haunting Lennox song titled "Cold" which can be found on the album Diva along with the other two missing songs. Overall, a pretty good movie with Moore's "chair dance" being one of the most sensual acts I have seen in a long time! Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

"Striptease" is a multi-award winning picture. Unfortunately, these are Razzie Awards---awards given for god-awful films and performances. It received an amazing seven nominations and took home six awards--including Worst Movie and Worst Actress! This puts the film is a very unique league...as few films have been nominated or won like "Striptease". This alone is the reason I watched the film...I was curious how bad this bad movie could be.The film is about Erin, a divorced mother whose husband is a trashy criminal...yet we are to believe the judge game HIM custody. Regardless, this ex- made sure she lost her job and now she has been 'forced' to become a stripper. With no experience, she instantly becomes a star attraction and the men in the club go positively insane when she dances. During one of these times, a crazy congressman (Burt Reynolds) gets out of control and soon all sorts of unforeseen situations result.So is this really a bad film? But what's surprising is that it's basically an ultra-low budget trash film...or that's what it looks like. Yet, inexplicably, the movie had a HUGE budget--including $12,000,000 for its star, Demi Moore!! Why they chose her, I have no idea as her appearing semi-naked didn't help the film to become a success. Instead, they could have easily gotten a cut-rate stripper and saved a LOT of money. And I think this huge budget and big studio treatment for essentially a trash film is why it got so many Razzies. If it was just some cut-rate trash film, no one would have noticed it and the film would have quickly disappeared. The film suffers because it's a bizarro script that seldom makes sense, has characters who simply are caricatures instead of believable members of the human race and because the film cannot decide what it wants to be. Is it a comedy? Is it a raunchy film? Is it a drama about a mother trying to regain custody of her kid? Is it a murder mystery? Is it a film about politics and the abuse of power? Is it an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show"? Any one of these might have worked...but together the film is just brain-achingingly weird and nonsensical--especially by the very end. Not bad enough to have earned 6 Razzies...but pretty bad.