Pamela Anderson steps back into the spotlight with the story of an showgirl in the last real show in Vegas. She is cruising along until it is unexpectedly announced that the show will be closing.
There is no getting around the fact that the basic plot of this film has been done many times before, The tale is as old as show business itself. When they are done right, and have the right person at the center these films over come the well worn path to be something special. In THE LAST SHOWGIRL we have Pamela Anderson kicking ass and taking names..
I could use all sorts of cliched terms to describe how good Anderson is, but I won't. I'll simply say that it's clear from watching her hold this film together that when given the right material she is way better than most people suspected in her cheesecake days. It's clear that I, and probably most of the rest of the world were wrong about her. Honestly she hits it out of the park and the talk of her being in the Oscar mix is deserved. (In fairness I don't think she'll get since it's not as showy as some of the other potential nominees, but she sure as hell belongs in the mix)
Equally Oscar worthy is the unrecognizable Jamie Lee Curtis who gives a performance that is better than her Oscar winning one. Here she would earn the the statue and not be gifted it. Do I even have to mention Dave Bautista who at this point has proven himself to be one of the best actors working today.
WHile I'm not going to lie and say this is the best film you've ever seen, I will say its a film you should see because it's good and it has a group of actors giving performances that are as good as they get.
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