The Last Showgirl (15) at HOME, Manchester

The Last Showgirl (15)

★★★✭ Pamela Anderson has found the right role at the right time in Gia Coppola’s film, a lament for an era as lost as the old west, which works its grand elegiac tone to ruthless death. ~ Irish Times.

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When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, glamorous showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the life she has built as she plans her next act whilst also striving to repair the relationship with her daughter (Billie Lourd).

With an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song and Kiernan Shipka, THE LAST SHOWGIRL is a joyous tribute to a long-gone Las Vegas – and all the women who made it glitter.

Directed by Gia Coppola and featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance from Pamela Anderson, who dazzles in the role of a lifetime, this poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers is simply unmissable.

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★★★★ Pamela Anderson hits a career high in an elegy to Las Vegas razzle-dazzle. ~ Time Out.

★★★★ In her first serious film role, the ‘Baywatch’ star plays a dancer left adrift as her nightly Vegas show draws to a close – and there’s a shocking vulnerability to her performance. ~ The Independent.

★★★★ Anderson proves she’s just getting started in this sparkly but sensitive portrait of the fading dance scene on the Las Vegas strip. ~ Evening Standard.

★★★★ Gia Coppola's latest is an atmospheric and sympathetic drama about the showgirls on the Vegas strip, featuring sharply drawn characters and outstanding performances from Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson. ~ BBC.

★★★★ ~ Financial Times.

★★★★ ~ The Observer.

★★★★ ~ RTE.