My sister was supposed to be in this. They cut her scene. They should have left it all on the cutting room floor. Nothing to see here. No substance. No class. I was embarrassed to watch it.Terribly demeaning to women. Couldn't even watch it through. Watch ANYTHING else. Anything else!

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