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Dancing At The Blue Iguana (2000)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 22
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Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3

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Movie Info

The personal lives of five exotic dancers go under the microscope in this drama, the first American feature from director Michael Radford. Eddie (Robert Wisdom) is the manager of a strip club in suburban California known as the Blue Iguana, where he keeps an eye on the women who make their living dancing for his customers. Stormy (Sheila Kelley) is an attractive, thick-skinned woman who is getting old enough to realize her days as a dancer may be numbered. Jo (Jennifer Tilly) likes to think of

R, 2 hr. 3 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Michael Radford

Written By: Michael Radford, David Linter

In Theaters: Sep 1, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Dec 25, 2001

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Cast

Charlotte Ayanna
Jessie
Daryl Hannah
Angel
Sheila Kelley
"Stormy" Marie Hughes
Sandra Oh
Jasmine
Jennifer Tilly
Jo
Elias Koteas
Sully
Vladimir Mashkov
Sacha
Robert Wisdom
Eddie Hazel
W. Earl Brown
Bobby
Kristin Bauer
Nico
Jesse Bradford
Jorge
Stephen Hornyak
trucker
Buckley Norris
talking man
Isabelle Pasco
female customer
Vincenzo Ricotta
customer
Jack Conley
Officer Pete Foster
John K. Thomas
poetry man
David Amos
Dave
Lobo Sebastian
rough looking guy
Christina Cabot
Christina
Maurice Compte
drug buyer
Rod Rowland
Charlie
Kevin Hunt
DJ
Peggy Jo Jacobs
Sarah adoption official
Ted Rooney
assistant
Joel Hurt Jones
customer
Pete Gardner
Jerry S&M Client
Igbal Theba
clerk
Harper Roisman
Harry Goldberg
Jason Kravitz
Gordon
Bill Chott
Angel's Regular
Chris Hogan
Dennis
Carolyne Aycaguer
Sophie Delvaux poetress
R.C. Bates
Jimmy
Marta Cunningham
Yolanda
Ruthanna Hopper
Desiree
Michael Loprete
Stormy's regular
Ellyn Maybe
Fiona poetress
Tenya Neilson
Castle
Shannon Ransom
bartender
Thomas Sherlorke
Jo's turned on customer

Critic Reviews for Dancing At The Blue Iguana

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (17) | DVD (12)

This, I suppose, is what happens when a director allows his actors to put together a movie -- it's sort of like letting the inmates run the asylum.

October 21, 2001 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

A predictable exercise in fake tawdriness and half-nude psychodrama.

October 20, 2001 Full Review Source: Mr. Showbiz

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Michael Atkinson

Mr. Showbiz

Top Critic

More than anything, Dancing at the Blue Iguana is an acting showcase that allows its stars to strut their emotional range.

October 19, 2001 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Top Critic

Mostly this is a whole lot of chain-smoking and griping about men. You'd be better off renting Demi Moore's Striptease.

October 19, 2001 Comment

Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Even if Dancing at the Blue Iguana can't rise to the level of the performances of Hannah, Oh and others, it is nonetheless engaging, not without humor and an aura of authenticity.

October 19, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

Always a more interesting acting exercise than compelling drama.

January 4, 2002 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

There's a lot of tepid exotic dancing as the girls' writhe and slither around the pole.

January 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

After a full hour of Iguana I was watching the DVD counter tick by in slow motion.

December 29, 2001 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

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great boobs... dont watch for story

October 4, 2009

Coxxie Mild Sauce

Super Reviewer

This film gives a very poignant, truthful, insightful, and artistic look into the world of exotic dancing. Great performances by a talented ensemble cast. Definitely worth a look or two.

September 16, 2006

Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

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