Circuit
Jour de Fête Films | Release Date: April 26, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
VarietyRobert Koehler
All-encompassing drama. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
At once a sexy soap opera, at times lurid and bathetic, and also a gritty cautionary tale made by a filmmaker honest enough to have it both ways. Read full review
60
New Times (L.A.)David Ehrenstein
When Circuit is on its game it's very telling and where it's at its best is detailing just how difficult it is for men so hedonistically self-involved to love one another.
50
Chicago ReaderFred Camper
Shafer (himself a former Playgirl centerfold) never quite manages the incisive social critique his story seems to require. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
With its thumping soundtrack, absence of body hair and a camera that practically pants over every bulge, curve and crack of the male form, the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneLoren King
It makes the viewer wonder whether Circuit would have been stronger as a documentary instead of the well-intentioned, overlong, intermittently entertaining but flawed feature that it is. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDana Stevens
There is a real subject here, and it is handled with intelligence and care. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
If anyone wants to watch naked men in the shower, naked men doing erotic dancing, naked men in bed and almost-naked men pumping iron, this is the film to see. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
As slick and attractive as its cast. But the movie gets away from Shafer. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Mostly, Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint, or a sense of humor, about a world in which the DJ has the power to unify, if only for a night, men of godlike beauty and the mortals who worship them. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The movie's strongest draw is its kitsch value -- along with a wisecracking Bruce Vilanch, the cast includes '80s TV refugees Jm J. Bullock ("Too Close for Comfort") and the Greatest American Hero himself, William Katt.
25
Boston GlobeChristopher Muther
Like ''Showgirls'' and ''Glitter,'' the most entertaining moments here are unintentional. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Dirk Shafer's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting. But it does have oodles of hunky male bodies. The choice is yours. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
It's too bad Shafer spent his budget making a fiction feature instead of just shooting a documentary about the scene. So much of the film is melodramatic kitsch, but there's still a movie in here. Read full review
10
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Even from deep in a K-hole, you'd need about 10 seconds to figure out the remaining plot twists in this jaded muscle-queen morality tale. Read full review
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