Venus Boyz
First Run Features | Release Date: August 22, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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90
VarietyRonnie Scheib
An utterly fascinating, beautifully crafted exploration of the world of drag kings -- women who dress, perform and/or live as men. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Baur's doc earnestly -- if not altogether adroitly -- examines masculinity as a performance, demonstrating that biology is not destiny. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
This provocative, at times languid, documentary from German experimental filmmaker Gabriel Baur is something of travelogue through this unexplored frontier, a mixed-up, shook-up borderland where nothing, especially not an individual's gender, should be ever be taken for granted. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDave Kehr
She (Baur) has clearly earned the trust and respect of her subjects, the first qualification for any responsible documentarist, and they have repaid her with an intimate glimpse into their singular lives. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It is clear that these individuals have exercised considerable courage and determination to sort out their sexual natures and to be true to them. They have the sturdy sense of human survivors, and in Venus Boyz Baur regards them with compassion and dignity. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
It's not uninteresting, but so much footage is given over to earnest discussion of sexual politics that the overall effect is like sitting through a semester's worth of transgender studies. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Becomes hard going the longer Baur stretches out the parade of narcissists, all spouting received wisdom, cultural clichés, and bad poetry. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Empty details pile up, awful performance art is doled out, talking heads are intermittently identified, and the late Brandon Teena is evoked to little real purpose. Read full review
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