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Jun 28, 1996 · Reviews. Striptease. Roger Ebert June 28, 1996. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Carl Hiaasen's “Striptease” was a novel that thought all of its characters were hilarious. Now here is the Demi Moore movie version, in which all of the characters are hilarious except for Demi Moore's.
13% Tomatometer 71 Reviews 24% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings When her ex-husband gets custody of their daughter, former FBI office assistant Erin Grant (Demi Moore) needs money to fight the...
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Former FBI secretary Erin Grant loses custody of her seven-year-old daughter Angela to her ex-husband Darrell, having recently lost her job because of his arrest record, as he was a drug addict who dealt in illegal drugs. To obtain the $15,000 needed to afford an appeal to retrieve her, Erin becomes a stripper at the Eager Beaver strip club in Miam...
Gianni Russo and José Zúñiga play father-and-son sugar barons Willie & Chris Rojo, while Eduardo Yáñez and Antoni Corone appear as bodyguards Chico & Nico. Frances Fisher also makes a small appearance as Lieutenant Garcia's wife, Donna, while writer/director and co-producer Andrew Bergman's son Teddy appears as the couple's son Andy and co-producer...
The screenplayitself was written by Andrew Bergman, who also directed. According to one critic, the novel's plot is "quite faithfully followed" by the screenplay, but in bringing the complicated story to the screen, "Bergman forgets to explain persuasively what a nice girl like Erin – smart, spunky and a former FBI employee – is doing in a dump cal...
Striptease: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on June 25, 1996. While the soundtrack did not include every song heard in the film, a notable exclusion were most tracks Erin (Demi Moore's character) danced to in the film, which, aside from "If I Was Your Girlfriend" by Prince, were all sung by Annie Lennox (whether as part of the...
Striptease premiered on June 23, 1996 in New York City and was released in the United States five days later. It opened in Australia, France and Germany in August, and Argentina, Italy, Bolivia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Braziland Japan in September. Nudity was heavily emphasized in advertisements. The Motion Picture Association of Americar...
Critical response
Striptease holds a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 71 reviews, with an average score of 3.9/10. The critical consensus reads, "Striptease can't decide whether it is a lurid thriller or a sexy satire - which becomes a moot point as it proves disastrously incapable of pulling either off." In the Carl Hiaasen book of the same name, upon which the movie was based, every character was premised upon being a source of amusement. In the movie, however, there was a major departure, as the main...
Box office
Striptease made $12,322,069 in its first weekend, behind The Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy, Eraser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in which Moore voiced one of the main characters. Ultimately, Striptease made $33,109,743 in the United States, and domestically it was the 47th highest-grossing film of 1996. It made $113,309,743 internationally,having grossed £2,294,568 in the UK. "That movie did better than almost anything I've been involved with,"...
Striptease was released on VHS on November 19, 1996, and on DVD on July 27, 1999. It found success in the video rentalmarket, placing amongst the top 25 video rentals of 1997 in the United States.
In 1997, Striptease made news again when it was shown in a fourth-grade class in Chicago, Illinois. The teacher claimed the students chose the film but drew criticism since the film was risqué. The violent 1996 film Scream was shown in the same school on the same day, causing further controversy. In 2000 in Ireland, some viewers criticized the Raid...
Striptease at IMDbStriptease at AllMovieStriptease at Box Office MojoJun 28, 1996 · Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews. 37. User Score Mixed or Average Based on 20 User Ratings. 4.8. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Amazon ($2.99) All Watch Options. View All. Demi Moore. Erin Grant. Burt Reynolds. Congressman David Dilbeck. Armand Assante. Lt. Al Garcia.
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'90s drama about topless dancer has language, drinking. Read Common Sense Media's Striptease review, age rating, and parents guide.
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Striptease Reviews. 37 Metascore. 1996. 1 hr 55 mins. Drama, Comedy. R. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A single mother, trying to earn enough money to get custody of her daughter, becomes a...
Released June 28th, 1996, 'Striptease' stars Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a user score of 55 (out of 100) on ...
