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Very best movie i ever watch

Just perfect...

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

What a complete and utter mess. Yes, there are interesting characters. Yes, there are good performances. Yes, there are scenes which are compelling in and of themselves. To make the movie equally good and interesting and compelling requires some type of thematic element, a storyline, that will tie everything together. There is none here.There are scenes with characters behaving in precisely the opposite manner of their previous scene. There are moments and concepts that have nothing to do with anything yet keep popping up and going nowhere. There are ancillary characters who come and go without doing anything or adding to the scenes they show up in. Lousy storytelling.If the trivia is accurate, and there are enough alternate takes to create ten vastly different movies out of all the footage...how awful must the alternative possibilities be if this is the best one they could come up with? Congratulations, though, on having so many well-known actresses naked in the same movie. That's quite an achievement.

A gritty and harsh view of the Stripper's world. A lot of which was taken from screen siren Daryl Hannah's quirky and informative documentary "Stripnotes". The characters are all well developed and easy to relate and symapthise with,the most commendable performances laying with lesbian icon Jennifer Tilly, currently popular Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) and last but not the least the leggy talent showered bombshell that is queen Daryl Hannah of the movie screen. The style and settings of the movie add much to its overall feel and are able to involve the viewer in the reality that is the sleazy but somewhat enchanting stripbar. The dancers,the costumes,the poles,the punters,the drinks,the smokes,the fun,the tears,the hardship,the routine. It'll have you whirling round lamposts like a hulla hoop on crack. A MUST SEE! 10/10!

I had rented the film twice in two years and decided to buy it about a month after I rented it the second time. At first I rented it because I have always been fascinated w/that side of life. I had seen Showgirls before, and I found Blue Iguana to be much more tasteful. There is no total nudity and the director says why in the commentary. Blue Iguana is also much more realistic than Showgirls. There is no such thing as if you do REALLY good as a stripper, someone may discover you and give you an audition for a more prestigious dancing job. They don't give lap dances to beautiful clientèle. The strippers in B.I. never wake up & suddenly realize that they live in a toxic world. The VIP dancer is not a "star' offstage, she's what the regular's lives could degenerate into. When I finally bought the DVD for myself, I did not expect to become so involved in the special features. First there is a documentary that Daryl Hannah did about her research at a strip club. (Side note: The documentary & commentaries really made me want to learn how to pole dance. It takes so much muscular strength to do those moves that anyone who was decent at it had a body to die for i.e. Simone in the documentary & Daryl Hannah.) Then, there are two commentaries -- a more poignant, almost poetic commentary by the films director. And another commentary by three of the films actors. Because the film was based on improvisations and the improvisations were based on the intense research the actors and the director did, they were able to comment about what drove these women or what caused these women to have stagnant lives and either not do anything they set out to do or leave everything half finished. I found myself identifying w/ about half of their comments and really wanting to do something about it. Aside from the commentaries, I really enjoyed the film. They managed to put some humor in the film -- via Daryl Hannah's character and sometimes Jennifer Tilly. Sandra Oh is just magnificent. The emotion & facial expression she managed to put in her "good-bye" dance is just awesome.

I was very happy to see the ending credits. There was nothing absolutely unforgettable in this flick.The locations: a gloomy nightclub in LA, where the dancers don't even give a show. But, as the director would say, the choice was not made to shoot their art (à la "Showgirls") but to tell their life.Next, the story: Inexistent. We saw the private and desperate life of those women but there is no dynamic, no drama. It is like a collection of small vignettes. The more interesting are the Hannah's one, because she plays a naive dumb character. The acting: the choice for uncharismatic actresses but good improvisers is really interesting for the director, not for the audience.In conclusion, the real "Dancing at the blue iguana" isn't directed by Radford but by Hannah. Her documentary is a fine work and succeeds where the movie always fails. The direction has a good tempo, the real strippers are touching. Thanks to the DVD!!!!