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Showboy

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Showboy

2002

1h 30m

Comedy

LGBTQ+

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15 Reviews

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A documentarian (Lindy Heymann) follows a writer/producer (Christian Taylor) after he gets fired and tries to become a dancer in Las Vegas.

Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

This would-be satire isn't funny enough to be entertaining, nor is it clever enough to fool us.

May 5, 2004

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Slyly amusing yet poignant.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 22, 2004

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Charles Ealy

Dallas Morning News

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.

Rated: B-

Apr 15, 2004

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Film Threat

Rated: 4/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Jay Antani

Los Angeles Alternative

a legitimately smart and appealing work

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 30, 2004

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David Foucher

EDGE Boston

The most entertaining part of Christian Taylor's "Showboy" is deciphering fact from fiction... and that's not a compliment.

Rated: C-

Aug 27, 2004

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Audience Member

Witty, touching, uncomfortable at times, and always funny. This is a clever and unique story about a person too proud to admit failure and the struggles we all face when life hands us lemons. A great independent film. Certainly worth seeing.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Best mockumentary since 'Waiting For Guffman' !

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Duh! Actually, do those who are living outside the Hollywood/ Vegas circle really care? I don't.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

A quasi-clever hide-and-seek game of reality versus fiction that ultimately reveals itself as not the movie you thought it was going to be when the final credits roll.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Half a star, because you can't give less it seems. It says a lot that the main humour of the movie was a semi-blind dog crapping on the protagonist's pillow. This was genuinely supposed to be a documentary? Give me a break! Film school end of 1st year project at best. What a waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

its a clever mockumentary!!!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Synopsis

A documentarian (Lindy Heymann) follows a writer/producer (Christian Taylor) after he gets fired and tries to become a dancer in Las Vegas.

Director: Lindy Heymann, Christian Taylor
Producer: Jason Buchtel
Screenwriter: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann, Jason Buchtel
Production Co: Paramount, here! Films
Genre: Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.6K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround

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