# Tell me why Showgirls is a great film **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940 **Category:** Cafe Society **Tags:** movies **Created:** [June 16, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940 "2024-06-16T13:02:24Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit) #### Post date: [June 16, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940/5 "2024-06-16T13:41:58Z")
Going into our own archive of posts … > [@What's the argument that Showgirls was a good movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-argument-that-showgirls-was-a-good-movie/336238/11): > > Here’s a capsule review that I published: Showgirls dir: Paul Verhoeven 1995 The time has come to reevaluate one of the most universally loathed films of the last decade. Showgirls is a wicked piece of satire that went over everyone’s head–including mine–on its first release in 1995. Being a committed Verhoeven fan, I went with higher expectations than the critical bandwagon had dictated. Nonetheless, I dutifully hated it. Cut to, five years later, and I come across a review in which the Chi… Not sure if that helps, but the Rotten Tomatoes link I provided shows the professional reviews and look for the handful of positive ones. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940)._