Showboy
Regent Releasing | Release Date: April 9, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The result is a deliberate conflation of fact and fiction that yields unexpected emotional impact. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Taylor, while perhaps a little small to become a real Vegas showboy, makes for a very charismatic hero, while Joaquin Baca-Asay's cinematography captures all the glitz and slightly tawdry glamour of the Vegas strip. Read full review
50
VarietyScott Foundas
It's a rich idea for a comedy, even if the filmmakers seem timid about making the pic the full-on satire it might have been. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The lesson of Showboy is how disturbingly easy it is for an audience to trust what it sees when confronted with a film posing as factual documentary. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
The film takes on unexpected weight when Christian cops to his intense personal loneliness. That's not the stuff of high comedy, but it's brave and, in these days of rah-rah, everyone's-in-love gay media, rather refreshing. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Unlike such similar efforts as "A Mighty Wind," this would-be satire isn't funny enough to be entertaining, nor is it clever enough to fool us. Read full review
20
Village VoiceAkiva Gottlieb
So amateurish that its awkward Whoopi Goldberg cameo actually adds a touch of class, Showboy is an ill-conceived, often implausible hybrid of fact and fiction. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
Lethargically paced, badly edited and shot in hideous digital video. Read full review
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