Tried to Like It


I finally watched this entire movie the other night. I didn't before because everyone who saw it, male or female, said it was horrible. I wanted to have an open mind before watching it, I did not want all the bad reviews too influence me.

Unfortunately they were correct. The movie really has no plot, it's borderline boring, and Elizabeth Berkley cannot act her way out of a paper bag. I was amazed Kyle Michgulan and Gina Gershon, with their great talent would even do such trash.

I even asked my little brother, who is 22 and loves the ladies about it, he said him and his buddies watched it and laughed their asses off, he said it was stupid and disgusting, he mentioned the part about when she asked that black dancer friend of hers to "go ahead check I'm on my period"! And he DID! That was gross and skanky and very disgusting, my brother said that part should of really been left out.

Its a shame she did this movie, my brother pointed out she was a nice pretty girl until she lowered herself in this stripper movie, also a good point he brought up, it seems like whenever a woman does a movie like this, her career really suffers, look at Demi Moore in "Striptease" she fell off the planet after that flop, and her marriage ended, same thing with Darryl Hannah and Marissa Tomei, after playing strippers, sad because they are good actresses, unlike Berkley, especially Demi.

The ending was the worst, but at least the train wreck was over, her attacking that singer was SO unrealistic, and what was with the red lipstick they put on her nipples?? Not Sexy, just stupid and garish, and how she was hitchhiking the guy who stold her suitcase just happened to be driving by. I can understand now all the negative reviews. If you want a great movie that you will love try "Arlington Road" great acting and movie, I watched it after "show-skanks" The real shame is Elizabeth Berkley ruined her career, but how do you ever know? Bad tasteless movie, and again I wanted too like it.

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One other thing I forgot to mention. Even through she cannot act Elizabeth Berkley is a very pretty woman, youthful and softer looking, another actress in the part would of worked better. Naomi as a former hooker and stripper in that sleazy built-in the wall topless bar, would NOT have looked so young and perky, hooking and stripping make a woman age and hard before their time, because it's a terrible job taking a lot of *beep* from creeps and perverts, and the drugs they have to do to stay sane and mean nasty pimps! After a life like that for a few years she would not look very good or healthy, especially with all the diseases like AIDS they are exposed too, bad movie, another actress would of improved it...well maybe a little.

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Um when did they say she was a hooker?

Also I don't know why you say that being a hooker or stripper necessarily ages you. In real life, most girls (albeit the higher class ones, perhaps not quite what is depicted in this movie) don't use drugs or have pimps, nor are they exposed to STIs (hello, condoms).

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The guy she had sex with in the pool revealed that she was a hooker after her parents died.

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This is for linkat: You’ve obviously never known an exotic dancer personally.

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I think it's a fun, trashy, easy to watch soft core flick.

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Why do you find Andrew's beat down unrealistic?

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The real shame is Elizabeth Berkley ruined her career ...
She kind of found a niche in TV roles, that don't demand too much in terms of acting skills.🐭

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