Review of Showboy (2002) by Christian C — 23 Jan 2010

Best mockumentary since 'Waiting For Guffman' !

This review of Showboy (2002) was written by Christian C on 23 Jan 2010.

Showboy has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Private U (13,627) on 27 Apr 2008

Pffft. Boring. I don't recommend it at all…

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By Gypsy Wood A (5) on 22 Sep 2007

This is one the best film/ docs that I have ever seen! So funny and it captures how to live your dreams brilliantly…

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By Charles Ealy (164) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 14 Apr 2004

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…

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By Ws W (1,791) on 02 Sep 2009

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

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By Lee M (4,001) on 24 Aug 2009

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…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 04 May 2004

Unlike such similar efforts as A Mighty Wind, this would-be satire isn't funny enough to be entertaining, nor is it clever enough to fool us…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 07 Aug 2004

Silly only begins to describe this, but along the way, bitter truths are revealed and some real laughs delivered…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide (1,527) on 08 Apr 2004

Taylor, while perhaps a little small to become a real Vegas showboy, makes for a very charismatic hero, while Joaquin Baca-Asay's cinematography…

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By Garrick J (50) on 06 Aug 2008

Looked a bit too fake for me.... The beginning seems real... and the more it went... to more bored I was…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 07 Apr 2004

Lethargically paced, badly edited and shot in hideous digital video…

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