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12/06/05
Showboy (2004)
73 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 11 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
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 filmed for a documentary, Taylor is sacked by his boss, producer Alan Ball. When the documentary... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann
Reviews
1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
The most entertaining part of Christian Taylor’s “Showboy” is deciphering fact from fiction... and that's not a compliment.
08/27/04
Silly only begins to describe this, but along the way, bitter truths are revealed and some real laughs delivered.
08/08/04
Made all the more fascinating by keeping a small and twisted foot in a bizarre reality befitting the glitz and glamour of show business.
06/30/04
plays for laughs extremely well, though it's all dry as the Las Vegas air
06/13/04
This would-be satire isn't funny enough to be entertaining, nor is it clever enough to fool us.
05/05/04
Top Critic
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.
04/29/04
Top Critic
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.
04/15/04
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.
04/15/04
Top Critic
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.
04/09/04
A no-budget vanity production that almost instantly wears out its welcome.
04/08/04
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