''You Don't Nomi'' is a 2019 American documentary film that details the history of the 1995 erotic drama film '' Showgirls''. The documentary is directed by Jeffrey McHale and it features the original cast of the film (in archive footage). It premiered on 27 April 2019 at the

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, and upon release it was met with positive feedback from the critics. The film was nominated for Ad Hoc Docs Competition category at the Cleveland International Film Festival.

Cast

* Adam Nayman * April Kidwell * Barbara Shulgasser *

David Schmader David Schmader is an American writer known for his solo plays, his writing for the Seattle newsweekly '' The Stranger'', and his annotated screenings of Paul Verhoeven's ''Showgirls''. He is the author of the 2016 book '' Weed: The User's Guide'' a ...

* Haley Mlotek * Jeff Conaway *

Jeffrey Sconce Jeffrey Sconce is a professor and cultural historian of media and film. He is a professor in the Screen Cultures program at Northwestern University. Early life and education Sconce has a B.A., B.S., and M.A. from the University of Texas, Austin, a ...

* Matt Baume *

Peaches Christ Peaches Christ (stage name for Joshua Grannell) is an American underground drag performer, emcee, filmmaker, and actor. Peaches currently resides in San Francisco where her Backlash Production Company and Midnight Mass movie series are based. Gra ...

* Susan Wloszczyna

Release

On 27 April 2019, ''You Don't Nomi'' made its world premiere at the

. It was later screened at the Frameline Film Festival on 27 June 2019, and at the

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on 27 July 2019. The film was released in the United States on digital download and DVD on 21 July 2020 by RLJ Entertainment.

Critical response

On the

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, the film holds an approval rating of , based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "It may not change many minds regarding ''Showgirls'', but ''You Don't Nomi'' is a solidly entertaining postmortem of an infamous flop."

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Peter Bradshaw writing for ''

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'' said that "this documentary completely nails the movie's 'Showgirls''attraction".

Owen Gleiberman Owen Gleiberman (born February 24, 1959) is an American film critic who has been chief film critic for ''Variety'' magazine since May 2016, a title he shares with . Previously, Gleiberman wrote for ''Entertainment Weekly'' from 1990 until 2014. ...

of ''Variety'' wrote "''You Don't Nomi'' takes "''Showgirls''" seriously, obsessively, looking at it from every angle, presenting a chorus of critical voices who analyze the film in ways that are highly enlightening and provocative". David Rooney of ''

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'' penned that the film is a "Sweet redemption, whether you like it or not". Peter Travers of ''

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'' wrote, "''You Don't Nomi'' takes many shots at Hollywood hypocrisy, but scores its most cutting points when it shows instead of tells".

Glenn Kenny Glenn Kenny (born August 8, 1959) is an American film critic and journalist. He writes for ''The New York Times'' and '' RogerEbert.com''. Biography Kenny attended William Paterson University, where he majored in English literature.RogerEbert.com ''RogerEbert.com'' is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the ''Chicago Sun-Times' ...

wrote, "The critical rehabilitation of Paul Verhoeven's 1995 "''Showgirls''" continues apace with "''You Don't Nomi''," a documentary that wants to appear inventive but too often comes off as affected". KC Ifeanyi of '' Fast Company'' wrote that "''You Don't Nomi'' is thoughtfully constructed cine-essay on how ''Showgirls'' evolved into the cult classic we know it as today".

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * {{Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary Film 2019 documentary films 2010s English-language films