The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Blistering performances.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Welcome to the Eager Beaver. All the stars have aligned and the Demi Moore miracle is upon us.Demi, stripping as Erin Grant, in Striptease, to Annie Lennox, is life. Beautiful, beautiful, hot life. Demi looks so, sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo f'ing hot in this IT IS insane! She's so bad and Demi IS 1 of the most spectacular beautiful women of this beautiful life we live.! MONEY CANT BUY IT baaaby sex can't buy it oooh baby drugs can't buy it ooh little baby money can't buy it !Her fake tits look great. Demi has the best fake tits money can buy, the best fake boobs I've ever seen on any lady with my own 2 eyes. I love 'em, so.Striptease has a great ensemble cast led by Burt and his funny character with Rhames and Patrick and sweet little Rumer. Armand Assante is perfect for his part, quietly.Come 2 me run 2 me do & be done with me come come come.. Dying is easy it's watching Moore strip in her black panty thong OH DEAR GOD.. that makes life hard.Striptease is a genius movie, very likable. All the other girls who play strippers are super hot in this too especially that sweet tiny blonde.Demi's breaking boundaries in 1996. Moore's a major megababe. I wish Moore was in this movie more. Striptease's still really good though, even when Demi's not on screen, or naked.I love this movie it's 1 of my favorite movies because Demi is more beautiful than God and she's smoking hot. I love you, Demi Moore.Strippers get a bad wrap, because of crazy ass old ass politicians.Striptease is genuinely comical/really funny, with great animals. Demi's really hot. I cannot wait to see her strip again, but I will. I love your face and your eyes, Dem, haha, your hair and your body, your skin.Striptease is the best movie to masturbate to, thank you very much. I love Demi Moore. She's mesmerizing, an angel, and she steals the show.I want Moore, I mean more. I love the scene where she takes off her towel listening to Annie. OMG! It's always good for a chubby because Demi's so f'ing hot in it and wet. I respect her. Her ass is so amazing, oooooooh myyyyyyyy.Striptease has brilliant, compelling doses of family drama. I give it a true rating of an 8, mostly attributed to you know who, Pandora Peaks, no, just kidding, the perfect and beautiful Demi Moore. She looks great. I want to see her naked again.The villains suck in this movie, unlike Demi.Demi Moore stripping in the spotlight on stage in a purple tiny thong with a pole and a bunch of super lucky guys watching to Little Bird is gorgeous especially the beginning of it. It makes me want to cry, it makes me want to sit right down and cry. I LOVE her body. I can only imagine her sweet essence.Demi gives a real riveting all-around top performance fitting for the film. She's got the look, and the passion, and tenderness, and the moves. Thanks, Demi, you black haired goddess o m g you're so beautiful. I love you, Demi.Striptease is the hottest f'ing movie ever.

The actual film is very silly and basically just a big paycheck for Demi and her daughters, Rumor Willis's early start to SA Guild membership. The 5 star from me is mostly for Annie Lenox tunes that Dermi grinds to are great. It is basically a part of the greatest hits disc from Annie Lenox. Demi is also in very great shape for this films. The story line is very silly but with just listening to the music.

A former FBI secretary now turned stripper gets involved in a dangerous high-level game which involves a soon to be elected congressman. In order to regain the right to take care of her daughter, helped by a determined detective, she becomes an inside man who must uncover crimes of dangerous people.It's an average movie, with a below average story, which is as superficial as it is predictable. The actors, except the main one which is OK, do an average job, consolidating the overall low-budget feel of this movie. As upsides, it is very sensual, the main character being a stripper at a famous club, and funny through the characters' stupidity. It manages to not make you yawn until the end which is a good thing but it's still an average movie in every aspect.

Striptease (1996): Dir: Andrew Bergman / Cast: Demi Moore, Ving Rhames, Burt Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Armand Assante: What woman is stupid enough to believe that this film is helping their image? Title indicates that this morbid entertainment is an illusion or a tease. Demi Moore loses a child custody battle so she bares her boobies for cash. She is the centre of attention of a drunken congressman who is so obsessed with her that he has items of her clothing stolen. Eventually he offers her a large sum of money to dance for him privately. He soaks himself in Vaseline and lusts after her. Too many erotic dance sequences and too little plot. Locations and costumes have appeal but structure is predictable. Director Andrew Bergman used similar themes in Honeymoon in Vegas but his talent here is uninspiring. Moore basically prostitutes herself in facing what many strippers are up against but she isn't doing herself any favours. She has never looked more stunning but that is all part of the tease. Burt Reynolds is amusing yet unreadable as the congressman overcome and overthrown by lust. Ving Rhames plays the stereotypical bodyguard. Robert Patrick is given the thankless role of ex-husband whose final scenes are embarrassing. Armand Assante plays a cop who should be searching for a decent script for Mr. Assante. Mindless circus act serves only as a cheesy erotic peep show. Score: 2 / 10