| HBO | Season Premiere Date: July 14, 2020 |
Summary:
Alex Winter's documentary about child actors features interviews with former child stars including Cameron Boyce, Todd Bridges, Diana Serra Cary, Milla Jovovich, Jada Pinkett Smith, Henry Thomas, Wil Wheaton, Mara Wilson, and Evan Rachel Wood.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, Talk & Interview, Business, Documentary
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Jul 14, 2020
There are few darker corners in the entertainment industry than the history of child stars, a subject explored with candor and nuance in "Showbiz Kids," an excellent HBO documentary directed by Alex Winter, a one-time child actor himself, punctuated by the voices of those who have lived the experience.
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Jul 13, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
It's a story that we've seen play out with young celebrities like River Phoenix, Corey Haim, Dana Plato, and others who succumbed to stardom in tragic ways. And while Showbiz Kids does spend some time on these extreme cases, it's the stories of those who survived and recount the day-to-day life of a child star that are the most fascinating.
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Jul 14, 2020
It’s tough to highlight who’s the best interview — Wheaton, Bridges, Jovovich, Thomas, Wood and Wilson are all insightful and forthcoming. ... We should all know by now that Hollywood glamour is a phony facade. Showbiz Kids digs deeper into that truism, Winter piecing together a collage of stories adding up to one big cautionary tale.
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Air Date: July 14, 2020
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