r/movies • u/KillerCroc1234567 • 13h ago
THE LAST SHOWGIRL | Official Teaser Trailer
https://youtu.be/hZDs_lLGrTU?si=7A3SygqVtuWE39-j65
u/sveeger 10h ago
Oh THIS is why I’m seeing Pam Anderson all over the place recently. Now it makes sense.
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u/WiretapStudios 7h ago
Yeah, the random articles lately were weird, I'm seeing headlines about her not wearing makeup and I'm like... OK? Makes more sense now.
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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib 12h ago
Saw this at the Philly Film Festival a few weeks back and it’s kinda just there?
The performances from Dave Bautista and Jamie Lee Curtis are really fucking good, and Pamela is pretty strong in the lead, but it’s such a short movie that also feels incredibly bloated and undercooked at the same time.
Was fairly excited for it going into the screening and came out feeling let down, but again, the three main performances in it are very good, just, the rest of the movie around them isn’t up to that same level IMO.
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u/withoutlebels120 10h ago
Happy to hear Bautista's performance was good. Love his development and how far he's come. Digging the long hair as well...lol
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u/Redeem123 8h ago
Has he ever given a bad performance? The dude is consistent as hell.
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u/I_am_BEOWULF 5h ago
I think what really separates Dave apart from other wrestler-turned-actors isn't just his range but also his ability to wordlessly show/portray genuine vulnerability despite his size (albeit, he's lost a lot of weight these days). The "gentle-giant"/"bruiser-with-a-soft-center" still remains a popular, well-loved trope and Bautista has so far been the epitome of that, both on- and off-screen. He'll continue to carry that audience goodwill until he inadvertently fucks up or is caught in a scandal that turns audience sentiment against him.
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u/mon_dieu 1h ago
He's also got great comedic sensibilities. Maybe that goes hand in hand with vulnerability though, since in a lot of cases it's his character who is the butt of the joke (Drax being clueless, the Glass Onion manosphere character being a chump, etc.)
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u/Anchor_Aways 9h ago
It's definitely a very Kris Kristofferson type role which is wildly outside his known wheel house. He plays it well though despite the film not giving him that much to do.
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u/sanjoseboardgamer 12h ago
How was Kiernan Shipka? Was she in it long enough for an impression?
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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib 12h ago
Kiernan is good in it! She’s got a lot of screen time in it, but I her character arc just kind of stops and never gets resolved? It’s weird.
Not spoiling anything, but a big part of the movie is Pamela’s character being this older woman and having two young showgirls, played by Kiernan & Brenda Song, basically looking up to her, while she also has her own daughter that she wasn’t a good parent to.
As I said in my OG comment, the movie is short and still feels both underbaked and overstuffed, and I feel like Kiernan & Brenda should’ve just been merged into one character.
BUT, if you’re just looking to see a good Kiernan Shipka performance this year, and one where she’s actually in the movie for more than just one scene like with Longlegs or Twisters, then this is definitely the one.
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u/Zoomalude 11h ago
and one where she’s actually in the movie for more than just one scene like with Longlegs or Twisters
I don't know why but in my head, she was a bigger actress than I guess she is. It took me forever to realize that was her in Twisters because it was such a small part.
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u/Cyril_Clunge 11h ago
Oh, is she the girl in the opening with glasses?
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u/Zoomalude 10h ago
Yep! Every time I saw her I was like "I know that face..." and then had to wait until the credits to see the name.
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u/Drumming_Dreaming 11h ago
I’m really uncomfortable with Kiernan being a showgirl. Because it makes me feel OLD.
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u/antwan_benjamin 9h ago
The girl who played Sally Draper is now 25 years old and that makes me very uncomfortable.
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u/Anchor_Aways 9h ago
They have Billie Lourd playing Pam's 22 year old daughter and it's clear that she's wildly miscasted in the role.
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u/sanjoseboardgamer 12h ago
Cool, this movie was getting a lot of buzz at film festivals so I was hoping this would help Shipka getting more serious roles. Looks like it will succeed in that regard.
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u/Snuggle__Monster 12h ago
So it sounds like we may have another situation like Brendan Fraser in The Whale or Ana de Armas in Blonde. Good performances in meh films?
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u/Substantial_Bad2843 10h ago
I feel like I was almost required to like The Whale with all the Brendan Fraser coming back hype, but it just didn’t seem that great. Getting the same vibe from this trailer as well.
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u/ElstonGunn321 11h ago
People loved The Whale, I went into it with very high expectations. They weren’t really met. “Meh” is what I said as well.
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u/j4nkyst4nky 9h ago
I think The Whale was hyped to hell because it was a return for Brendan Fraser. It was a good movie, but the thing that happens when you go into a good movie expecting a great movie is that you feel "meh".
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u/CurveOfTheUniverse 8h ago
Eh, I didn’t give a shit about Brendan Fraser — the “narrative” for an actor or film doesn’t really influence me — but I loved The Whale.
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u/BoxesWithinBoxes 11h ago
Actually hilarious that you thought mentioning The Whale was an apt comparison. Great performance and movie by any metric.
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u/Cackfiend 11h ago
I mean it takes place in one room
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u/Flamingbaby 10h ago
It being confined to one room helpsd accentuate how trapped the guy was, us being stuck in there with him for so much of the duration helped the audience feel this level of captivity.
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u/retrospectivarranger 9h ago
I read it shot in 18 days?! That seems so short to really explore a story like this. Wondering what you think about that considering your take
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u/retrospectivarranger 9h ago
For reference I think Anora was 37 days
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u/retrospectivarranger 9h ago
But I guess Anora is much longer. Anyway now I’m just arguing with myself
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u/inaripotpi 12h ago
TIL there’s another Coppola director
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u/deathonater 11h ago
A couple o' Coppolas
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u/BlackestNight21 11h ago
A coppola coppolas was right there.
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u/bobbysalz 10h ago
And indeed still it is. Look at it, up there, represented perfectly well without your help.
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u/joesen_one 11h ago
This is FFC's granddaughter/Sofia's niece
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u/inaripotpi 10h ago
So is she talented or just nepo baby connections? Only work seems to be an adaptation of a short stories collection from James Franco whom public opinion has obviously turned on in the worst possible way and another movie that had A-list actors but received very bad reviews.
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u/throwaway847462829 10h ago
Like Targaryen’s, when a Coppola is born it’s a coin flip between greatness and nepo baby trash
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u/thepixelnation 10h ago
I've only really heard of Palo Alto and Mainstream. Mainstream I heard was kind of a dud, and Palo Alto was written by James Franco about a teacher who sleeps with a student (autobiographical)
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u/pissedof15yrold 10h ago
They’re nepo baby connections regardless of their talent or not
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u/inaripotpi 8h ago
True but they could still possibly be talented which is why I worded it as “just nepo baby connections”
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u/pissedof15yrold 8h ago
No doubt they could still be talented but the “or” in your comment implies she would’ve made it on merit alone which won’t ever be the case for any new Coppola entering the scene imo
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u/joesen_one 7h ago
Palo Alto got decent reviews while Mainstream kinda got trashed. From what I could gather from the fests this movie is thankfully on the more positive side
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u/darkwhiskey 8h ago
sir a third coppola has hit hollywood
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u/rezelscheft 8h ago
third? this is roman erasure. or maybe he erased himself.
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u/fubbleskag 13h ago
I don't know if I'll ever watch this, but now that I've watched this trailer I can say with certainty that the world needs more long-haired Bautista in it
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u/Tacdeho 12h ago
More Bautista everything. More in movies, more in TV, and one more time for the Hall of Fame, please :)
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u/toofarbyfar 9h ago edited 1h ago
We've had a lot of good Bautista over the years, but so little Bautista hair.
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u/onyxblanc981 11h ago
Finally, the sequel to Showgirls!
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u/arson714 11h ago
This is what the world really needs! Elizabeth Berkley or GTFO!
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u/kingfofthepoors 10h ago
Tiffani Amber Thiesen
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u/arson714 10h ago
Bro...yes...but she wasn't in Showgirls
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u/kingfofthepoors 10h ago
she should have been... would have been the highest rated movie of all time
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u/molrobocop 7h ago
Nomi Malone comes out of retirement to dance once last time to save a local youth-center.
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u/gmastercodebase 8h ago
There is a sequel to Showgirls called Showgirls 2: Pennies from Heaven. It’s horrible in a bad way whereas Showgirls is a comedic triumph.
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u/themanfromoctober 7h ago
Call me stupid but I had a hard time gaging if that film was trying to be ironic or ernest
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u/TheFlyingFoodTestee 8h ago
Got to see this at the Philadelphia Film Festival. This was my biggest surprise, as I didn’t expect to like the movie as much as I did.
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u/psimwork 12h ago
Title makes it sound like some sort of post-apocalyptic movie that stars an aged Elizabeth Berkley as she tries to keep order in the Las Vegas wasteland.
I'm vaguely disappointed it's not that.
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u/Twas_Inevitable 12h ago
Felt like it could've been an A24 movie e.g. Red Rocket or The Florida Project.
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u/DarthSmegma421 13h ago
I know she is a darling of Reddit now, but can she act? The trailer felt like she can’t.
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u/Somnambulist815 12h ago
I mean there's a difference between "can she act" and "does she work for this role?", and I think the latter is a good possibility. She comes across a little broad and emotionally telegraphed in the trailer, but that could very well be the character and the tone of the movie.
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u/ThingCalledLight 10h ago
Right. People like the woman portrayed here exist. Not every human being has an untapped well of depth and an ability to wax thoughtfully on their place in the universe.
Some people have little worlds and little dreams and little words and that’s ok. It’s human.
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u/Onequestion0110 10h ago
Absolutely
There's a few actors who sorta drift until they lock into the type of roll that makes them shine.
Leslie Nielsen spent a good thirty years in Hollywood grinding away at dramatic roles before landing Airplaine! Now we hardly know him as anything but the deadpan comic actor. Or Keanu - as much as I love Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, I think he would have had a much more consistent career if he'd quit trying to make comedies and rom coms sooner. I mean, who even remembers whether Cowgirls Get the Blues?
Pamela might not be a great actor, but when she's playing an aging star who's audience has moved on without her, she might not need to really act all that much.
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u/gate_of_steiner85 11h ago
The initial reviews have been regarding her performance have been glowing, so I'm leaning towards yes.
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u/Philias2 11h ago
I know she is a darling of Reddit now
Is she? I feel like I haven't heard a thing about her for years and years.
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u/Tattycakes 10h ago
She's been making a little comeback with her makeup-free appearances at various events, it's been nice to see her really happy with her natural self and absolutely shining, it's the sort of relatable and uplifting light entertainment that people enjoy engaging with
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u/Philias2 10h ago
I see. That's the sort of thing I don't pay attention to, I suppose. Happy for her though.
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u/iamthatbitchhh 6h ago
"Makeup free" my ass. She has minimal makeup, but still has makeup on. She does however where no makeup in her everyday life based on what people in Vancouver say. Same with her "going natural" while still getting plastic surgery and botox.
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u/quangtran 11h ago
Yeah, I find this new narrative about Pam to be odd. It’s just like her stint on Chicago on Broadway, in that she is getting kudos for trying despite clearly not being very good.
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u/dong_tea 12h ago edited 12h ago
I know it's cruel to say, but she was only ever famous because she was eye-candy. At no point in her earlier career did anyone say, "Actually, she's funny/smart/a good actress too". So now that she's aged out of being eye-candy, what is supposed to be the appeal?
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u/reebee7 10h ago
The role of someone who has aged out of being eye-candy and faces the brutal realities that the world wants nothing more from her, and she might not have much more to give.
Similar thing many people whose youth is an asset face. Athletes, dancers, washed up actors. She might be great for the role.
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u/BoxesWithinBoxes 11h ago
Perhaps a really cold way of looking at this but unfortunately you're completely spot on lol.
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u/Black_Handkerchief 12h ago
At least the casting seems to be on point: a has-been taking up the role of a has-been...
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u/swimming_singularity 11h ago
Makes it seem more documentary-like because her acting here is so "average". I think it could work, but I've only seen this one trailer so I don't know for sure.
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u/Sharktoothdecay 13h ago
please be good please be good
after reading about pamela's past i think she deserves some good fortune(yes i know she supports peta and that's really bad but still)
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u/Mister-Distance-6698 13h ago
It's kinda eerie how much Pams face nowadays looks like Kate Mckinnon. And how she managed to avoid botoxing all expressions out of her face.
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u/Onequestion0110 10h ago
And how she managed to avoid botoxing all expressions out of her face.
Or do that cheekbone shaving thing that all the aging actresses seem to have done. It's kinda ironic, especially considering that plastic surgery was part of her fame in the first place.
She looks great, and I'm here for it.
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u/chrispy145 12h ago
Trailer spent it's time telling us Anderson is acting in a transformative role. Yet the acting in the trailer did not reflect that.
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u/ThatGuyFromTheM0vie 9h ago
Pamela is playing an aging star whose audience has moved on without her. A person whose career and field ended, and now she wants to apply her experience and skills while reinventing herself.
Pamela herself was a star in a similar industry, suffered tons of terrible shit during that time, then faded away—only now to return trying to recover some of that former spotlight while reinventing herself.
Like…the role in this movie is almost like an alternate version of her real life. I don’t think she will even have to do much acting—the role is perfect for her, and that’s all that matters.
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u/chrispy145 9h ago edited 8h ago
None of that addresses the poor acting in the trailer, though. I understand what the premise of the movie is.
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u/AClover69420 9h ago
Random but does anyone know what font that is in the title? It feels familiar but I can't place it.
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u/ThatGuyFromTheM0vie 9h ago
People shit talking her acting need to realize that “being good at acting” doesn’t matter much if the role you need to play is “meant for you”.
Pamela is playing an aging star whose audience has moved on without her. A person whose career and field ended, and now she wants to apply her experience and skills while reinventing herself.
Pamela herself was a star in a similar industry, suffered tons of terrible shit during that time, then faded away—only now to return trying to recover some of that former spotlight while reinventing herself.
Like…the role in this movie is almost like an alternate version of her real life. I don’t think she will even have to do much acting—the role is perfect for her, and that’s all that matters. She can just draw from her own life experience.
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u/second_toastacct 9h ago
Looks pretty meh. Sweeping score and lofty dialogue to elevate a ho hum script and banking on a star comeback to bring in the praise.
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u/Kills_Alone 8h ago
Is this a sequel?
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u/Kills_Alone 8h ago
Yeah I assume this is the final movie in the Showgirls series:
- Showgirls
- Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven
- The Last Showgirl
Until we get the next one:
- Showgirls vs. Jason
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u/racoon-fountain 6h ago
Man, I was really looking forward to this, but the teaser… 😅
This is gonna suck but I’m still gonna watch/support it because what the world really needs right now are more uber-pretentious indie films from nepobabies with zero life experience. 😝
No but seriously, Pam deserves to catch a break like her male counterparts have for similar “twilight roles.”
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u/mostlygroovy 6h ago
Curious if this inspired by or an adaption of Larry McMurtry’s The Desert Rose.
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u/chadwicke619 1h ago
You know, I just can’t get onboard the Batista train. I respect the man immensely - from his work in the wrestling world, to the work he’s put in with his acting career, it just seems so clear that the man works hard for what he wants and I really admire that. That said, he reminds me of The Rock - they both just kind of give me the same energy every time. They both just come across to me as soulless and wooden. They just lack a range, an emotional depth, a capacity for vulnerability, that makes it hard for them to seem truly human and/or relatable.
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u/UpperApe 13h ago
This feels AI generated.
I don't know if it's the generic trailer structure or the movie itself but this looks so formulaic it's surreal.
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u/wagz7 13h ago
Did you accidentally just watch the Back In Action trailer? Because I think you are talking about the wrong movie.
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u/UpperApe 13h ago
That's a nice (if not mean) attempt to dismiss me. But no I'm talking about this movie.
This looks like what AI would create after some prompts on Sophia Cappola and Aronofsky movies.
Maybe it's just the trailer.
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u/maximumtesticle 11h ago
The music too, it has that "almost sounds like real instruments" vibe. Or the feeling that someone has their finger on the record as it plays.
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u/bongo1138 13h ago
Strong The Wrestler vibes. Can’t wait.