Been awhile since i've been to a strip club so ladies......THANK YOU
PRAISE: Based on the front page $135,000 stripper scam story i went in with low expectations ready to write this off as a silly romp,even though i read a few quick quotes praising the movie and hey i was pleasantly surprised.
Jennifer Lopez is incredible in this and im not just talking about her mesmerizing pole dancing in the film,the lingerie she wears in the movie,the sexy dresses she wears in the movie,the....uhmmm err where was i....oh yes Lopez in her best film role since 1998's Out of Sight.In the film she's
Ramona the godmother of strippers.Lopez portrays her to a T.Easily shifting from loving and helpful to cold as ice.
Constance Wu is great too as Dorothy
a.k.a. Destiny trying to make her way on the strip scene to care of her grandmother and pay for college.It took me a few minutes to recognize that she is the same actress from Crazy Rich Asians...maybe because i felt that film was a bit over hyped and was used as background noise by me.
The friendship between her and Ramona felt very believable .I was so invested in it seeing its evolution was one of the most watchable things in the film.
Keke Palmer got the biggest belly laugh from me and
and Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart was quite funny too
Cardi B and Lizzo turn in memorable cameos.
It's always great when a cast looks like they're having a good time.
When Wall street takes a hit in 2008 it also hits the strip clubs in which brokers would drop huge amounts of cash so the ladies hatch a scheme to maintain the flow of cash and this is where the film displays the tug of war between self preservance and morality in a great way.
I appreciated the balance of humor and drama.
PROBLEMS: The male characters are one note.This one was abusive,this one had problems,this one is a jail bird and thats about it.
The film had a chance to flesh them out more especially with Frank Whalley's character but it's completely missed.
The shifts in tone felt a bit disjointed at times.
Fun...raunchy....sexy.....with heart
Scale of 1-10 an 8
