‘The Last Showgirl’ Review: Pamela Anderson Is A Revelation In Gia Coppola’s Smart Story Of A Vegas Veteran As The Spotlight Fades – Toronto Film Festival
deadline.comAt the end of the Toronto Film Festival World Premiere of her new film, The Last Showgirl, Canadian-born Pamela Anderson told the packed crowd, “this is the role I have been waiting for my entire career” while going on to joke it is the first “coherent” film script she was ever given.
I can safely predict there will be more where this came from because Anderson, as an aging Vegas showgirl, is sensational, and the movie from director Gia Coppola, who says she has always wanted to make a film in Las Vegas is smart, touching, funny, honest, and wise.
And if you think it is going the exploitational route like say Paul Verhooven did in his X-rated Showgirls, think again. This look at the lives of the infamous Vegas showgirls barely has any nudity, and is character-driven, more akin to the underrated 1970 drama, The Grasshopper with Jacqueline Bisset as a Vegas showgirl climbing the ladder.
It helps to have not just a female director as guide, but also a top screenwriter, Kate Gersten who had studied the Jubilee show before it closed, particularly those women who lead hard lives as showgirls every night on stage.
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