Showbiz Kids

  • 2020


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Positive Reviews 13
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.5/5

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4.5
The stories contained in Showbiz Kids are sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, and they all will leave you thinking about the enormous pressures an .. E Film Critic
4.5
Child actors need better protections and shouldnt be career driven like adults. Decider
4.5
What hes made here is a perceptive, sensitive film in which actors tell their own stories some sad, many simply complicated. Npr
4.5
HBO offers its audience an unusual insight into the brutal world of child acting. Film Inquiry
1.5
Its an engaging documentary, but when it ended, I wished it had been a docuseries. Pajiba
4.5
Child stardom now feels like one of the last aspirations of a decadent, no future America. And Showbiz Kids is an invaluable primer of its risks and r .. Variety
4.5
Recommended viewing for both parents of kids with showbiz ambitions, and the kids themselves. Herald Sun
4.5
Framed from the hindsight of #MeToo, the stories told by Milla Jovovich and Evan Rachel Wood are particularly harrowing... Chicago Sun Times
4.5
Compelling HBO Documentary takes us through the lives of kid actors from triumphs to tragedy with excellent interviews charting the course of these li .. Dead Line
4.5
Still, if uninterested in picking at old scabs, Showbiz Kids doesnt wholly shy away from the unseemly. The Daily Beast
1.5
And though, once again, the documentary doesnt round out these tales with outside insight, stories are where change starts. Mash Able
4.5
Alex Winters intimate visit into the world of child actors is nothing short of impressing, objective and entirely relevant. .
1.5
Its a visceral nightmare that is equal parts brutal and beautifully photographed. Sa Current
0.5
A reminder that though its a horribly precarious path, Hollywood would be a far poorer place without its preternaturally gifted young actors. Haaretz
4.5
Showbiz Kids takes the interviews it has and weaves them together into a concise narrative ... People certainly wont get bored watching this documenta ..
4.3
Showbiz Kids explores its handful of interview subjects with patience and sensitivity, offering a more intimate look at what has sadly become a famili .. WhatToWatch
1.5
Not all the stories in Showbiz Kids are as black and white as Leave it to Beaver. Brioux
4.5
Documentaries about kids in showbiz tend to focus on the more salacious details. Director Alex Winters looks deeper into the lives of the young stars.
1.5
Consistently engaging, its also massively depressing, particularly when the subjects talk about the price they paid to maintain a career. Sioux City Journal



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