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By Deirdre Crimmins (265) for HighDef Digest (76) on 20 Aug 2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood leans a little too heavily on its subject matter, but it's a doozy of a subject…

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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 18 Aug 2018

Those who loved the blind items in Michael Musto's Village Voice columns will finally get relief, as Bowers and Tyrnauer don't hold back…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 17 Aug 2018

Tyrnauer's movie is neck deep in aspersions. If you think Scotty a backstabber maligning the dead, stay away…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Crooked Marquee (120) on 17 Aug 2018

Turns Scotty from a horny old goat with entertaining stories into a more sympathetic, even tragic figure (but the stories are still fun)…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 17 Aug 2018

Currently well into his '90s, and given show biz's penchant for hyperbole, Bowers actually might be called a legitimate living legend…

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By Michael Heaton (182) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 16 Aug 2018

There are two ways to take this movie and Bowers' past…

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By Tt Stern-Enzi (212) for Cincinnati CityBeat (160) on 16 Aug 2018

There's a clear objectivity in his moral code, the kind of openness that society preaches, but rarely lives up to, in everyday life…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Aug 2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is a fascinating and undeniably irresistible look into that world…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 15 Aug 2018

If Bowers’s present-day life has slowed down considerably, his memories haven’t, and the subject of Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for The Movie Cricket (81) on 15 Aug 2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is as entertaining for its look at Bowers' present as it is of his past…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 15 Aug 2018

Telling all is not necessarily the same thing as telling the truth, even if Bowers’s memory seems as clear as the glint in his bright blue…

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By Chase Burns (7) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 14 Aug 2018

The wildest part of Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is that Scotty's stories check out…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 09 Aug 2018

It's a film that you just have to see for yourself…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 08 Aug 2018

Wondering what’s real and what’s just a carefully crafted crock doesn’t make Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood a better experience…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 08 Aug 2018

Bowers was a cog in the wheel, not the wheel itself, and while cogs are important, this one never feels like it's worthy of a full-length documentary…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 08 Aug 2018

The actual telling of [these stories] comes across as mere gossip…

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By Silvia M (28) on 05 Aug 2018

Despite the lurid subject matter, this documentary never feels seamy and that is due to Scotty's ebullient and irrepressible personality…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original Cin (1,156) on 05 Aug 2018

Moments of Scotty are popcorn-spitting funny, thanks to Bowers' eagerness to dish: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor? (Yes, and yes)…

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By P. P (134) on 05 Aug 2018

Despite the lurid subject matter, this documentary never feels seamy and that is due to Scotty's ebullient and irrepressible personality…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 04 Aug 2018

The real pleasure is learning about Scotty Bower, the man who, as I said, just wanted to make people happy…

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