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Showboy (2004)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:11
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.7/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 9, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: A laugh-out-loud mockumentary in the vein of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, SHOWBOY tells the story of Christian Taylor, a writer for the acclaimed HBO series SIX FEET UNDER. Shortly after agreeing to be... [More]
Starring: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann
Director: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann
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Reviews for Showboy
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3.5/5 |
a legitimately smart and appealing work Full Review |
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The most entertaining part of Christian Taylor’s “Showboy” is deciphering fact from fiction... and that's not a compliment. Full Review |
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Silly only begins to describe this, but along the way, bitter truths are revealed and some real laughs delivered. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Made all the more fascinating by keeping a small and twisted foot in a bizarre reality befitting the glitz and glamour of show business. Full Review |
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4/5 |
plays for laughs extremely well, though it's all dry as the Las Vegas air Full Review |
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4/5 |
Witty, touching, and slightly wacky. Full Review |
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This would-be satire isn't funny enough to be entertaining, nor is it clever enough to fool us. Full Review |
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To their credit, the filmmakers don't repair their hero's aching heart, but they do grant him a brief moment in the Vegas spotlight, surely all that any chorus boy (or girl) could ask. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Slyly amusing yet poignant. Full Review |
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B- |
Showboy is enjoyable if you're comfortable with the mix of fact and fiction and don't care what's true and what's not. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A clever hide-and-seek game of reality versus fiction that reveals itself as not the movie you thought it was when the final credits roll. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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0/4 |
A no-budget vanity production that almost instantly wears out its welcome. Full Review |
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An ill-conceived, often implausible hybrid of fact and fiction. Full Review |
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