New Restoration
Paul Verhoeven’s polarizing cinema punchline has aged well in the sense that it hasn’t gotten any worse. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhaz’s script about a frequently nude naif dancing her way to the top in Las Vegas remains a ridiculous line-o-rama, but the real reason the film inspires lols is poor Elizabeth Berkley, whose too-much performance launched and killed her big-screen career. -Lee Gardner
1995 Paul Verhoeven 2.35:1 Color DCP 128 min. NC-17
