"Showgirls" for children

Rating: Null/10 (29 March 2001)

Yes, unbelievable, but I really liked this! First, when I saw the trailer, I thought this movie might be a kids version of Paul Verhoeven´s "Showgirls", which belongs more to the sector of trash and satire. But finally "Coyote Ugly" was an old-fashioned but pretty sometimes-dreams-come-true fairy tale. It would be better to make comparisons to the dance movie "Flashdance", which was also produced by Jerry Bruckenheimer and tells the same story about a poor girl from the countryside/province/suburbia who wants to become rich and famous in New York... The chicks in "Coyote Ugly" fulfill their jobs in looking great very excellent (especially Tyra Banks and Maria Bello), but I think none of the actresses will have their breakthrough with this one. The film itself is for being shady too harmless, for being a social study too surface, and for a comedy it´s not funny enough. It´s just one of those films, if you haven´t seen it you won´t miss anything. But if you do, you will be reveling in a pink bubble for two hours... (6/10)