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Los Angeles Times
| Kevin Thomas

The result is a deliberate conflation of fact and fiction that yields unexpected emotional impact. Read full review

60
TV Guide
| Ken Fox

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. Read full review

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L.A. Weekly
| Chuck Wilson

The film takes on unexpected weight when Christian cops to his intense personal loneliness. That's not the stuff of high comedy, but it's brave and, in these days of rah-rah, everyone's-in-love gay media, rather refreshing. Read full review

50
The New York Times
| Stephen Holden

The lesson of Showboy is how disturbingly easy it is for an audience to trust what it sees when confronted with a film posing as factual documentary. Read full review

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