You Don't Nomi

You Don't Nomi is a 2019 American documentary film that details the history of the 1995 erotic drama film Showgirls. The documentary is directed by Jeffrey McHale and it features the original cast of the film (in archive footage). It premiered on 27 April 2019 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and upon release it was met with positive feedback from the critics. The film was nominated for Ad Hoc Docs Competition category at the Cleveland International Film Festival.

You Don't Nomi
Theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeffrey McHale
Production
companies
Grade Five Films
XYZ Films
Distributed byRLJE Films
Release date
  • April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27) (Tribeca Film Festival)[1]
Running time
92 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Release

On 27 April 2019, You Don't Nomi made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.[1] It was later screened at the Frameline Film Festival on 27 June 2019,[3] and at the Outfest on 27 July 2019.[4] The film was released in the United States on digital download and DVD on 21 July 2020 by RLJ Entertainment.[5]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89%, based on 83 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It may not change many minds regarding Showgirls, but You Don't Nomi is a solidly entertaining postmortem of an infamous flop."[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Writing for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw said that "this documentary completely nails the movie's [Showgirls] attraction".[8] Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote "You Don't Nomi takes "Showgirls" seriously, obsessively, looking at it from every angle, presenting a chorus of critical voices who analyze the film in ways that are highly enlightening and provocative".[9] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter penned that the film is a "Sweet redemption, whether you like it or not".[10] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "You Don't Nomi takes many shots at Hollywood hypocrisy, but scores its most cutting points when it shows instead of tells".[11] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com wrote, "The critical rehabilitation of Paul Verhoeven's 1995 "Showgirls" continues apace with "You Don't Nomi," a documentary that wants to appear inventive but too often comes off as affected".[12] KC Ifeanyi of Fast Company wrote that "You Don't Nomi is thoughtfully constructed cine-essay on how Showgirls evolved into the cult classic we know it as today".[13]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref(s)
2020 Cleveland International Film Festival Ad Hoc Docs Competition Jeffrey McHale Nominated [14]
2020 Florida Film Critics Circle Best Documentary Film You Don't Nomi Won [15]
2021 Film Threat Award This! Award This! Film About Movies or Filmmaking Won [16]

References
  1. Dry, Jude (28 April 2019). "'You Don't Nomi' Review: Disjointed 'Showgirls' Doc Won't Reach Cult Status". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "You Don't Nomi". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. "You Don't Nomi". Frameline. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. "You Don't Nomi". Outfest.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. "You Don't Nomi Blu-ray Release Date July 21, 2020". Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. "You Don't Nomi (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. "You Don't Nomi". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. Bradshaw, Peter (11 June 2020). "You Don't Nomi – the curious allure of Showgirls". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  9. Gleiberman, Owen (10 June 2020). "'You Don't Nomi': Film Review". Variety. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. "'You Don't Nomi': Film Review : Tribeca 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. Travers, Peter (5 June 2020). "'You Don't Nomi' Review: How to Rehabilitate a Cult Classic". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  12. Kenny, Glenn. "You Don't Nomi movie review & film summary (2020) | Roger Ebert". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  13. Ifeanyi, K. C. (9 June 2020). "'You Don't Nomi' is the documentary about 'Showgirls' you didn't know you needed". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  14. "You Don't Nomi - Cleveland International Film Festival :: April 7 - 18, 2021". clevelandfilm.org. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  15. "2020 FFCC Award Winners". Florida Film Critics Circle. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  16. "Award This! 2021 Nominees & Winners". awardthis.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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